About Danforth Cemetery
Danforth Cemetery is a cemetery near Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 4.6 mi southwest of Delavan. The grounds sit at about 617 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 406940. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bever Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Bache Memorial Chapel in Prophetstown, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tazewell County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Delavan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.42726, -89.49593
What Danforth 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
- Bever CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Sparrow CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Hopedale Mennonite CemeteryMinier, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery3.2 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic CemeteryDelavan, ILCatholic cemetery3.5 mi
- Antioch CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Griesemer CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Prairie Rest CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Dillon CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Danforth Cemetery
- Bache Memorial Chapel3.9 miFuneral chapel · Prophetstown · (815) 638-2425
- Davis-Oswald Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Tremont · (309) 925-2761
- Hurley Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · San Jose · (309) 247-3306
- Haensel Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Mackinaw · (309) 359-3221
- Compassionate Cremation Services12 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 349-5173
- Cremation Society of Mid Illinois12 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 688-2088
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