About Walnut Hill Cemetery
Walnut Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois. It lies about 1.4 mi northwest of Belleville. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including John Reynolds, Gustav Koerner and Edwin M. Schaefer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 426566. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Mount Non-Sectarian Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Renner Funeral Home in Belleville, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 157 cemeteries we list in St. Clair County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Belleville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Walnut Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 governor.
- John Reynolds1788-1865Illinois politician
- Gustav Koerner1809-1896German American politician, lawyer, judge, and diplomat
- Edwin M. Schaefer1887-1950American politician
- Bob Groom1884-1948American baseball player
- Les Mueller1919-2012American baseball player
- Moritz Dobschutz1831-1913German noble and American merchant
- August Mersy1821-1866
- Theodore Engelmann1808-1889German American author, journalist and publisher
- William Kueffner1840-1893Union Army officer
- Justus Zahn1847-1918American photographer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Walnut Hill 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
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What Walnut Hill 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
- Green Mount Non-Sectarian CemeteryBelleville, ILChurch cemetery2.1 mi
- Green Mount Catholic CemeteryBelleville, ILCatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Rittenhouse CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- B'Nai Israel CemeteryBelleville, ILJewish cemetery2.3 mi
- Rider CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Whiteside CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Messinger CemeterySwansea, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Johns Orphanage CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Old Saint Clair County CemeterySwansea, ILMunicipal cemetery3.5 mi
- Badgley CemeterySwansea, ILCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Walnut Hill Cemetery
- Honer Memorials0.7 miMonument dealer · Belleville · (618) 233-2265
- Renner Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Belleville · (618) 233-5400
- Metroeast Mortuary1.3 miMortuary · Belleville · (888) 523-5552
- Serenity Memorial Chapel3.1 miFuneral chapel · Belleville · (618) 233-6000
- National Cremation Service3.9 miCremation provider · Belleville · (618) 233-3111
- Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home & Valhalla Gardens4.0 miFuneral home · Belleville · (618) 233-3110
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