About Foster Cemetery
Foster Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 4.4 mi southeast of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 607 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821060. The nearest other listed cemetery is Patterson Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bisch Funeral Home in Springfield, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Sangamon County dates to 1857. 6 of the 96 listings in Sangamon County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chatham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.73032, -89.74815
What Foster 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
- Patterson CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Young CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Shelton CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Smith CemeteryJerome, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Cloyd CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Bethel CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Bridges CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- McGinnis CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Harmony CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Chatham Memorial Cemetery507 West Mulberry Street, Chatham, ILCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Foster Cemetery
- Bisch Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5424
- Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Chatham4.6 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
- Cremation Services of Central Illinois4.6 miCremation provider · Chatham · (217) 483-7655
- Staab Polk Memorial Home4.6 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
- Boardman-Smith Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-7461
- Vancil-Murphy Funeral Home and Cremation Services6.1 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 525-1500
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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