About Backbone Cemetery
Backbone Cemetery is a cemetery near Casey, Jasper County, Illinois. It lies about 10 mi north of Casey. The grounds sit at about 545 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 403788. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bellair Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Markwell & Son Funeral Home in Casey, about 11 mi away. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Jasper County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Casey. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.14969, -87.96556
What Backbone 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
- Bellair CemeteryOblong, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Leamon CemeteryCasey, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- McFadden CemeteryOblong, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Debord CemeteryCasey, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Harmony CemeteryOblong, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Restitution CemeteryCasey, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Bethel CemeteryOblong, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Yale CemeteryOblong, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Dugan CemeteryCasey, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Baughman CemeteryCasey, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Backbone Cemetery
- Markwell & Son Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Casey · (217) 932-2131
- Pulliam Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Oblong · (618) 592-4221
- Meyer Funeral Home- Greenup12 miFuneral home · Greenup · (217) 923-3141
- Barkley Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Greenup · (217) 923-3086
- Greenwell Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Martinsville · (217) 382-4121
- Pulliam Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Robinson · (618) 544-3141
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