About West Cemetery
West Cemetery is a cemetery near Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. It lies about 7.2 mi northeast of Carthage. The grounds sit at about 630 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420803. The nearest other listed cemetery is South Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Printy Funeral Home in Hamilton, about 8.5 mi away. It is one of 95 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carthage. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.32858, -91.21084
What West 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
- South CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- McGee CemeteryHamilton, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Bethel CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryCarthage, ILLutheran cemetery3.7 mi
- Cook CemeteryHamilton, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Graham CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Elvaston City CemeteryHamilton, ILMunicipal cemetery4.8 mi
- Payne CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- West Point CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- County Home CemeteryCarthage, ILCemetery5.5 mi
Funeral homes near West Cemetery
- Printy Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Hamilton · (217) 847-3321
- DeJong-Printy Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Keokuk · (319) 524-2340
- Vigen Memorial Home and Crematory11 miCremation provider · Keokuk · (319) 524-3377
- Printy Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Warsaw · (217) 256-4700
- J. Otto Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Mendon · (217) 936-2525
- Hunter Funeral Home Of Il18 miFuneral home · Golden · (217) 696-2612
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