About Whetstone Cemetery
Whetstone Cemetery is a cemetery near Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. It lies about 5.6 mi northwest of Charleston. The grounds sit at about 751 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1816470. The nearest other listed cemetery is Liberty Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, about 4.4 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Coles County, and 71 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.
Map
39.44289, -88.09659
What Whetstone 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
- Liberty CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Welch CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Grant CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Stringtown CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Stewart CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Beavers CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Salisbury CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Anderson CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Kelley CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Sargent CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Whetstone Cemetery
- Adams Funeral Chapel4.4 miFuneral chapel · Charleston · (217) 345-2005
- Caudill King Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-5474
- Harper-Swickard Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-3155
- Adams Memorials - Charleston6.5 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (800) 252-6547
- Adams Memorials6.9 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (217) 345-9587
- Markwell & Son Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Casey · (217) 932-2131
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