About Young Cemetery
Young Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 3.3 mi southeast of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 604 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736915. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shelton Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Chatham in Chatham, about 3.4 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 41 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
39.70171, -89.75732
What Young 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
- Shelton CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Patterson CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- McGinnis CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Foster CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Bethel CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Cloyd CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Bridges CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Chatham Memorial Cemetery507 West Mulberry Street, Chatham, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Chatham Community Cemetery725 West Walnut Street, Chatham, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Campbell CemeteryChatham, ILCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Young Cemetery
- Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Chatham3.4 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
- Staab Polk Memorial Home3.4 miFuneral home · Chatham · (217) 483-9292
- Cremation Services of Central Illinois3.4 miCremation provider · Chatham · (217) 483-7655
- Bisch Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5424
- Boardman-Smith Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-7461
- Vancil-Murphy Funeral Home and Cremation Services7.8 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 525-1500
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