About Hornback Cemetery
Hornback Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Menard County, Illinois. It lies about 4.0 mi southeast of Athens. The grounds sit at about 607 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 410542. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lebanon Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mott & Henning Funeral Home in Athens, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Menard County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.00660, -89.77025
What Hornback 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
- Lebanon CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Baker Prairie Number 1 CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Baker Prairie Number 2 CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Indian Point CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Calvary CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Old West CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Joel Hall CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Smoot CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Hornback Cemetery
- Mott & Henning Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Athens · (217) 636-8212
- Hurley Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Petersburg · (217) 632-2500
- Hurley Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Greenview · (217) 968-5504
- Staab Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Sherman · (217) 993-7770
- Hurley Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Mason City · (217) 482-5959
- Ellinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service15 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5755
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