About Afton Center Cemetery
Afton Center Cemetery is a cemetery near DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois. It lies about 5.8 mi north of DeKalb. The grounds sit at about 892 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 421694. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Clinton Cemetery, about 4.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Anderson Funeral Home in DeKalb, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in DeKalb County dates to 1850.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, DeKalb. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.84835, -88.77920
What Afton Center 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
- North Clinton CemeteryWaterman, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Fairview CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Fairview Park CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery624 South 7th Street, DeKalb, ILCemetery5.4 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryHinckley, ILLutheran cemetery5.6 mi
- Hudson CemeteryMalta, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Pleasant Street CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery6.2 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery6.3 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic DeKalb CemeteryDeKalb, ILCatholic cemetery6.5 mi
- Mound Rest CemeteryCortland, ILCemetery6.6 mi
Funeral homes near Afton Center Cemetery
- Anderson Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 756-1022
- Nash-Nelson Memorial Chapels5.5 miFuneral home · Waterman · (815) 264-3362
- Nash-Nelson Memorial Chapels Hinkley & Waterman5.5 miFuneral home · Waterman · (815) 264-3362
- Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 758-3841
- Nash-nelson Memorial Chapels9.0 miFuneral home · Hinckley · (815) 286-3247
- Northern Illinois Crematory9.8 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-2837
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