About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. It lies about 8.9 mi southeast of Canton. The grounds sit at about 732 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Abraham Wilson Vander Veer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1773324. The nearest other listed cemetery is Foster Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory in Canton, about 7.7 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Fulton County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Canton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- Abraham Wilson Vander Veer1848-1911American businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview 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
40.63614, -90.16891
What Fairview 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
- Foster CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Markley CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Beer CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Bybee Station CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Bybee CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Coal Creek Lutheran CemeteryCanton, ILLutheran cemetery3.3 mi
- Providence Chapel CemeteryCanton, ILChurch cemetery3.8 mi
- Dickson CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Lyons CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Zion CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory7.7 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Abel Monument Co.9.0 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home10.0 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes10.0 miFuneral home · Cuba · (309) 785-2791
- White Chapel Memory Gardens11 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
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