About Bethany Cemetery
Bethany Cemetery is a cemetery near Assumption, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi west of Assumption. The grounds sit at about 627 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 404244. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Seitz Funeral Homes in Moweaqua, about 6.9 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Assumption. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.53730, -88.95595
What Bethany 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
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryAssumption, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Little Flock CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Locust Grove CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Ludwig CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Salem CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Tolly CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Union CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Masonic CemeteryMoweaqua, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Armstrong CemeteryAssumption, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Henton CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Bethany Cemetery
- Seitz Funeral Homes6.9 miFuneral home · Moweaqua · (217) 768-4435
- Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Directors - Macon Chapel11 miFuneral home · Macon · (217) 764-5222
- McCracken-Dean Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-2116
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd12 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Kennedy & Sons Funeral Directors PC13 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-3959
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