About Prairie City Cemetery
Prairie City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois. It lies about 5.5 mi south of Bushnell. The grounds sit at about 696 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Robert M. Cox and Jacob Sanford. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416110. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Prairie City Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Moore Memorial Homes in Avon, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in McDonough County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bushnell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prairie City Cemetery
Among them: 2 Medal of Honor recipients.
- Robert M. Cox1845-1932Medal of Honor recipient
- Jacob Sanford1840-19011840-1901 American Civil War veteran
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prairie City 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 Prairie City 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
- Old Prairie City CemeteryBushnell, ILMunicipal cemetery0.8 mi
- Avon CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Holeman CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Virgil CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- McMahill CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Guernsey CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Peirsol CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Bushnell CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Bond CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Solon - Robinson CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery6.4 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie City Cemetery
- Moore Memorial Homes3.1 miFuneral home · Avon · (309) 975-1033
- Martin-hollis Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Bushnell · (309) 772-3116
- Wise Family Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Roseville · (309) 426-2211
- Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-2188
- Dodsworth-piper-wallen Funeral16 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-4119
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes17 miFuneral home · Cuba · (309) 785-2791
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