About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois. It lies about 1.5 mi northeast of DeKalb. The grounds sit at about 866 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Joseph Glidden, Jeffrey Trail and Isaac L. Ellwood. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 421797. The nearest funeral home we know of is Anderson Funeral Home in DeKalb, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 22 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.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 1 business leader.
- Joseph Glidden1813-1906American farmer who patented barbed wire
- Jeffrey Trail1969-1997American naval officer
- Isaac L. Ellwood1833-1910American businessman
- Joseph B. Ebbesen1925-2014American politician
- William L. Ellwood1859-1933Millionaire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview 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.
Map
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What Fairview 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
- Fairview Park CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery0.0 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery624 South 7th Street, DeKalb, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Pleasant Street CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic DeKalb CemeteryDeKalb, ILCatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Whitmore CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- DeKalb County CemeteryDeKalb, ILMunicipal cemetery3.5 mi
- Hudson CemeteryMalta, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Mound Rest CemeteryCortland, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Afton Center CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Anderson Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 756-1022
- Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 758-3841
- Northern Illinois Crematory5.6 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-2837
- Butala Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Sycamore · (815) 895-2833
- Olson Funeral and Cremation Services5.9 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-6589
- Nash-Nelson Memorial Chapels9.5 miFuneral home · Waterman · (815) 264-3362
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