About Mound Cemetery
Mound Cemetery is a cemetery near Effingham, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 8.8 mi southeast of Effingham. The grounds sit at about 673 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821184. The nearest other listed cemetery is Stewardson Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 44 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
39.23670, -88.60955
What Mound 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
- Stewardson CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Ramsey CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryEffingham, ILLutheran cemetery3.5 mi
- Rincker CemeteryNeoga, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Wolf Creek CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Shumway CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Rentfrow CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Rentfro CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Coons CemeteryNeoga, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic CemeteryEffingham, ILCatholic cemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mound Cemetery
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
- Bauer Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
- Hall funeral chapel7.8 miFuneral chapel · Effingham · (217) 342-6090
- Johnson Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2215
- Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Neoga · (217) 895-2214
- Bauer Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Teutopolis · (217) 342-2177
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