About Porter Cemetery
Porter Cemetery is a cemetery near Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois. It lies about 5.0 mi northeast of Effingham. The grounds sit at about 538 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416044. The nearest other listed cemetery is Arborcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pagel Funeral Homes in Watson, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Effingham County, and 57 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
39.07393, -88.61477
What Porter 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
- Arborcrest Memorial Park CemeteryEffingham, ILMemorial park1.4 mi
- Miller Chapel CemeteryAltamont, ILChurch cemetery1.7 mi
- Funkhouser CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Ewington CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Little Prairie CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryEffingham, ILLutheran cemetery3.0 mi
- Freemanton CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Toothaker CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Rinehart CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Watson CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Porter Cemetery
- Pagel Funeral Homes4.1 miFuneral home · Watson · (217) 536-5444
- Bauer Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
- Johnson Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2215
- Hall funeral chapel5.8 miFuneral chapel · Effingham · (217) 342-6090
- Effingham Monument Co6.0 miMonument dealer · Effingham · (217) 857-6085
- Kull Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 322-1218
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.