About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Canton. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield, Granville Barrere and Robert Bruce Chiperfield. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409462. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton, about 1.7 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 Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 World War I veteran.
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield1870-1940American politician
- Granville Barrere1829-1889American politician
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield1899-1971American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.54559, -90.03782
What Greenwood 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- White Chapel Memory GardensCanton, ILChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Shields Chapel CemeteryCanton, ILChurch cemetery3.0 mi
- High Bridge CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Breeds CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Johnson CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Bethel CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Locust Lane CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Abel Monument Co.0.8 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- White Chapel Memory Gardens2.0 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory3.0 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes9.0 miFuneral home · Cuba · (309) 785-2791
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
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