About Brown Cemetery
Brown Cemetery is a cemetery near Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois. It lies about 5.0 mi east of Effingham. The grounds sit at about 604 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1810477. The nearest other listed cemetery is Blue Point Baptist Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Effingham County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Effingham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.14217, -88.63237
What Brown 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
- Blue Point Baptist CemeteryEffingham, ILChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Rentfro CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Rentfrow CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Toothaker CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic CemeteryEffingham, ILCatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Shumway CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Arborcrest Memorial Park CemeteryEffingham, ILMemorial park3.5 mi
- Ewington CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Funkhouser CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryEffingham, ILLutheran cemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Brown Cemetery
- Bauer Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
- Hall funeral chapel4.9 miFuneral chapel · Effingham · (217) 342-6090
- Johnson Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2215
- Effingham Monument Co7.1 miMonument dealer · Effingham · (217) 857-6085
- Gieseking Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 483-6821
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
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