About Short Cemetery
Short Cemetery is a cemetery near Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois. It lies about 3.0 mi south of Coal City. The grounds sit at about 554 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418465. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holderman Cemetery, about 4.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Reeves Funeral Home in Coal City, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Grundy County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
Located in Grundy County, Goose Lake Township. North of Coal City, IL. Maintained by Illinois State Natural Preserve.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Coal City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.33114, -88.28812
What Short 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
- Holderman CemeteryMorris, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Dresden CemeteryChannahon, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Sample CemeteryMorris, ILCemetery5.4 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryMorris, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Braceville Gardner CemeteryCentral City, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Cotton CemeteryCentral City, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Aux Sable CemeteryMinooka, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Bohemian National CemeteryBraidwood, ILNational cemetery7.4 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryBraidwood, ILCemetery7.4 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryBraidwood, ILCemetery7.6 mi
Funeral homes near Short Cemetery
- Reeves Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Coal City · (815) 634-2125
- Ferrari Funeral Services4.0 miFuneral home · Coal City · (815) 634-4040
- R W Patterson Funeral Homes6.3 miFuneral home · Braidwood · (815) 458-2336
- Reeves Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Morris · (815) 942-2500
- Fruland Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Morris · (815) 942-0700
- UC Davis-Callahan Funeral Home and Aqua Cremation Center7.4 miFuneral home · Morris · (815) 942-0084
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