About Cerro Gordo Cemetery
Cerro Gordo Cemetery is a cemetery near Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois. It lies about 0.7 mi southeast of Cerro Gordo. The grounds sit at about 722 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Harlan Hoyt Horner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822169. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Frantz Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes in Cerro Gordo, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Piatt County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cerro Gordo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cerro Gordo Cemetery
- Harlan Hoyt Horner1878-1965
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cerro Gordo 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
39.89722, -88.73880
What Cerro Gordo 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
- West Frantz CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Peck CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- East Frantz CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Cross CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Ridge CemeteryLong Creek, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Croninger CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Ritchie CemeteryDecatur, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- LaPlace CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- La Place CemeteryCerro Gordo, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- Union CemeteryForsyth, ILCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Cerro Gordo Cemetery
- Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Cerro Gordo · (217) 875-1283
- Roberts & Downey Chapel Equipment7.3 miFuneral home · Argenta · (800) 331-9093
- Calvert Funeral Homes - Argenta Chapel7.6 miFuneral home · Argenta · (217) 795-2321
- Roux-Hinds Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Bement · (217) 678-4441
- Adams Memorials - Mt. Zion9.9 miMonument dealer · Decatur · (217) 864-2775
- Tanzyus Logan Funeral Service and Care11 miFuneral home · Decatur · (217) 233-1080
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