About Giles Cemetery
Giles Cemetery is a cemetery near Effingham, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 13 mi southeast of Effingham. The grounds sit at about 610 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409010. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hubbartt Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson, about 6.8 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
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
39.23232, -88.74527
What Giles 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
- Hubbartt CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Agney CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Fortner CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Wolf Creek CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Gallagher Chapel CemeteryShelbyville, ILChurch cemetery4.0 mi
- Memorial Gardens CemeteryAltamont, ILMemorial park4.2 mi
- Beecher CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Tipsword CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Union CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Bob Doan CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Giles Cemetery
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
- Gieseking Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 483-6821
- Kull Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 322-1218
- Bauer Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd13 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
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