About Henderson Cemetery
Henderson Cemetery is a cemetery near Bethany, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi north of Bethany. The grounds sit at about 653 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 410048. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilborn Creek Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bethany. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.57177, -88.74624
What Henderson 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
- Wilborn Creek CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery0.7 mi
- Todds Point CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Foster CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Wright CemeterySullivan, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Findlay CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Walker CemeteryBethany, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Moultrie County Memorial Park CemeteryBethany, ILMemorial park4.7 mi
- Marrowbone Township CemeteryBethany, ILMunicipal cemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Henderson Cemetery
- McMullin-Young Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Bethany · (217) 665-3221
- Hoffman Burial Supplies7.1 miFuneral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-4069
- McMullin-Young Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-4309
- Reed Funeral Home Ltd7.4 miFuneral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-2355
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- McMullin-Young Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Lovington · (217) 873-4800
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