About Strode Cemetery
Strode Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 3.9 mi north of Athens. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 419227. The nearest other listed cemetery is Canterbury Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mott & Henning Funeral Home in Athens, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Sangamon County dates to 1857. 6 of the 96 listings in Sangamon County have a phone number or website on record.
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
39.90736, -89.69990
What Strode 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
- Canterbury CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Brittin CemeterySherman, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Hopwood CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Joel Hall CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Old West CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Kern CemeterySherman, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- McKinnie CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Salisbury CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Fancy Creek CemeteryWilliamsville, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Calvary Cemetery2001 North 1st Street, Springfield, IL · est. 1857Catholic cemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Strode Cemetery
- Mott & Henning Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Athens · (217) 636-8212
- Staab Funeral Homes5.1 miFuneral home · Sherman · (217) 993-7770
- Ellinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service7.4 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5755
- Ruby Funeral Services & Chapel, Inc.8.1 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 679-6658
- Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Springfield8.4 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-4646
- Boardman-Smith Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-7461
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