About Old Salem Cemetery
Old Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Altamont, Effingham County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi northwest of Altamont. The grounds sit at about 561 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1810528. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Salem Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kull Funeral Home in Altamont, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Effingham County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Altamont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.01421, -88.67477
What Old Salem Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- New Salem CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Zion Lutheran CemeteryAltamont, ILLutheran cemetery1.5 mi
- Davidson CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Bailey CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Drysdale CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Newman CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- New Hope CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Turner CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Wabash CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Little Prairie CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Old Salem Cemetery
- Kull Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 322-1218
- Gieseking Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 483-6821
- Pagel Funeral Homes5.7 miFuneral home · Watson · (217) 536-5444
- Pagel Funeral Homes6.3 miFuneral home · Edgewood · (618) 238-4441
- Pagel Funeral Homes9.5 miFuneral home · St Elmo · (618) 829-5432
- Bauer Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
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