About Blakeslee Cemetery
Blakeslee Cemetery is a cemetery near Elmwood, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 7.5 mi east of Elmwood. 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 404549. The nearest other listed cemetery is Uniontown Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farmington, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elmwood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.74099, -90.10038
What Blakeslee 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
- Uniontown CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Thurman CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Summitt - Douglas CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Chapin Pleasant Hill CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Yates City CemeteryElmwood, ILMunicipal cemetery5.1 mi
- Ouderkirk CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Maquon CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Lyons CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Housh CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Blakeslee Cemetery
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
- Oaks Hines Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Elmwood · (309) 742-2491
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory11 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Abel Monument Co.13 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- White Chapel Memory Gardens14 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
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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.
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