About Ashmore Cemetery
Ashmore Cemetery is a cemetery near Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. It lies about 8.6 mi west of Charleston. The grounds sit at about 689 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bill Cox. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1816432. The nearest other listed cemetery is Reed Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Coles County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Charleston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ashmore Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Bill Cox1913-1988American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ashmore 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
39.52718, -88.01894
What Ashmore 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
- Reed CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Coles County Poor Farm CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Enon CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Zimmerman CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Omer CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Miller - Coartney CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Brooks CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Waite CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Shoots CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Ashmore Cemetery
- Adams Funeral Chapel7.8 miFuneral chapel · Charleston · (217) 345-2005
- Caudill King Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-5474
- Harper-Swickard Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-3155
- Krabel Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Oakland · (217) 346-2121
- Adams Memorials - Charleston9.5 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (800) 252-6547
- Adams Memorials9.9 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (217) 345-9587
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