About Watkins Cemetery
Watkins Cemetery is a cemetery near Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois. It lies about 2.7 mi north of Elmwood. The grounds sit at about 676 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420640. The nearest other listed cemetery is Harkness Grove Cemetery, about 3.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oaks Hines Funeral Home in Elmwood, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Peoria County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Peoria County dates to 1963. 2 of the 71 listings in Peoria County have a phone number or website on record.
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
40.73822, -89.96413
What Watkins 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
- Harkness Grove CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Lehigh CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Elmwood Township CemeteryElmwood, ILMunicipal cemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Yates City CemeteryElmwood, ILMunicipal cemetery3.4 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Trivoli CemeteryHanna City, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Parker CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Texas Station CemeteryHanna City, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Southport CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Watkins Cemetery
- Oaks Hines Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Elmwood · (309) 742-2491
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory11 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- Abel Monument Co.13 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- White Chapel Memory Gardens13 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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.