About Baxter Cemetery
Baxter Cemetery is a cemetery near Benton, Franklin County, Illinois. It lies about 4.7 mi west of Benton. The grounds sit at about 436 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 403977. The nearest other listed cemetery is Franklin Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Leffler Funeral Home in Benton, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 89 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Benton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.99473, -88.83452
What Baxter 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
- Franklin CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery0.5 mi
- Swofford CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Otterson CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Manion CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Jones CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Miller CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Overturf CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Drummond CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Knob Prairie Church CemeteryBenton, ILChurch cemetery3.7 mi
- County Poor Farm CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Baxter Cemetery
- Leffler Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Benton · (618) 438-0021
- Morton & Johnston Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Benton · (618) 438-0311
- Pate Funeral Home & Crematory4.7 miCremation provider · Benton · (618) 438-8711
- Stone Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · West Frankfort · (618) 932-2161
- J.W. Reynolds Monuments8.0 miMonument dealer · West Frankfort · (618) 937-2425
- Parker-Reedy Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · West Frankfort · (618) 932-6500
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