About Grand Detour Cemetery
Grand Detour Cemetery is a cemetery near Dixon, Ogle County, Illinois. It lies about 5.6 mi southwest of Dixon. The grounds sit at about 689 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Stan Hack. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1808233. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Union Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Ogle County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dixon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Grand Detour Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Stan Hack1909-1979Major League Baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Grand Detour 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
41.90198, -89.41171
What Grand Detour 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
- Mount Union CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Girton CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Dixon Developmental Center CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Burket CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Pine Creek Brethren CemeteryPolo, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Emmert CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Chapel Hill CemeteryDixon, ILChurch cemetery5.1 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryPolo, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryDixon, ILCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Grand Detour Cemetery
- Preston-Schilling Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
- Preston-schilling Funeral Home, Ltd.5.4 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
- Jones Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-2241
- Beverage - Lyons Funeral Home - Ashton9.8 miFuneral home · Ashton · (815) 453-2441
- Polo Family Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Polo · (815) 946-2402
- Finch Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Mt Morris · (815) 734-6156
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