About Watson Cemetery
Watson Cemetery is a cemetery near Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois. It lies about 6.2 mi north of Effingham. The grounds sit at about 561 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1810553. The nearest other listed cemetery is Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pagel Funeral Homes in Watson, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Effingham County, and 60 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
39.03209, -88.56934
What Watson 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
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryEffingham, ILLutheran cemetery2.1 mi
- Loy Chapel CemeteryEffingham, ILChurch cemetery2.7 mi
- Turner CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Hull CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Porter CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Little Prairie CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Rinehart CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Miller Chapel CemeteryAltamont, ILChurch cemetery4.6 mi
- Brockett CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Leith CemeteryEffingham, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Watson Cemetery
- Pagel Funeral Homes0.5 miFuneral home · Watson · (217) 536-5444
- Effingham Monument Co5.9 miMonument dealer · Effingham · (217) 857-6085
- Bauer Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
- Johnson Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2215
- Hall funeral chapel7.3 miFuneral chapel · Effingham · (217) 342-6090
- Bauer Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Teutopolis · (217) 342-2177
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