About Auburn Cemetery
Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery near Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Auburn. The grounds sit at about 627 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Dutch Leonard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 403718. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wimmer Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bramley Funeral Home in Auburn, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 30 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, Auburn. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Auburn Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Dutch Leonard1909-1983American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Auburn Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.57908, -89.74548
What Auburn 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
- Wimmer CemeteryAuburn, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Thayer CemeteryVirden, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- West CemeteryVirden, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Sugar Creek CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Brush Creek CemeteryDivernon, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Virden CemeteryVirden, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Saint Bernard CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Easley CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery6.5 mi
- Campbell CemeteryAuburn, ILCemetery6.8 mi
Funeral homes near Auburn Cemetery
- Bramley Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Auburn · (217) 438-3288
- Bramley Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Divernon · (217) 628-3612
- kravanya funeral homes4.9 miFuneral home · Divernon
- Airsman & Calvert Funeral Homes5.2 miFuneral home · Virden · (217) 965-3321
- Staab Polk Memorial Home6.7 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
- Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Chatham6.7 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
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