Mount Greenwood Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

Mount Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 636 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Ashton Stevens, Richard Buhlig and Thomas P. Westendorf. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413965. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Memorial Cremation in Chicago, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 musicians, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 physician, 1 scientist.

• Ashton Stevens1872-1951
  American theatre critic
• Richard Buhlig1880-1952
  American musician
• Thomas P. Westendorf1848-1923
  American songwriter, composer, and educator
• Charles Callender1831-1897
  American ministral troupe owner
• Matthew J. Steffens1851-1928
  American photographer
• Robert Haslam1840-1912
  Pony Express rider
• Samuel J. Jones1836-1901
  American physician
• Keswick Smalling1939-2025
  Jamaican athletics competitor
• Lansing, Odelle Edward, Jr.1868-1918
  Botanical collector
• Rudolf Brand1851-1916
  Millionaire

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Greenwood 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.

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.

• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL · est. 1855
  Catholic cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  11500 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)

  Merrionette Park, IL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Oak Hill Cemetery

  11900 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Beverly Cemetery

  12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery

  4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Lincoln Cemetery

  12300 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Christian cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Evergreen Cemetery

  3401 West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, IL
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums

  West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  2.8 mi
• First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  4135 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.9 mi

• Memorial Cremation

  Cremation provider · Chicago · (773) 980-1808
  0.7 mi
• Beverly Ridge Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 779-4411
  0.7 mi
• Donnellan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago
  0.8 mi
• Kosary Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Evergreen Park · (708) 499-3223
  1.4 mi
• Andrew J. Mcgann & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 783-7700
  1.4 mi
• Heavenly Angels Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago
  1.5 mi

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