About Elsah Cemetery
Elsah Cemetery is a cemetery near Alton, Jersey County, Illinois. It lies about 10 mi southeast of Alton. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407969. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wendle Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Godfrey, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Jersey County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.96365, -90.35150
What Elsah 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
- Wendle CemeteryGodfrey, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Michaels CemeteryGodfrey, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Francis CemeteryOld Jamestown, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Newbern CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Salem CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Lurton CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Scenic Hill CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Lewis CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- East Newbern CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Barweis CemeterySaint Charles, MOCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Elsah Cemetery
- Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Godfrey · (618) 466-3573
- Gent Funeral Home Inc9.1 miFuneral home · Alton · (618) 466-5544
- Crawford Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-9844
- Staten-Fine Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Alton · (618) 465-8641
- Harrison Funeral Chapel and Cremation Center10 miFuneral chapel · Alton · (618) 465-5800
- Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-2711
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