About Yates City Cemetery
Yates City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Elmwood, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 2.4 mi east of Elmwood. The grounds sit at about 659 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Owen B. West. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1816012. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elmwood Township Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oaks Hines Funeral Home in Elmwood, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 33 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.
Notable people buried at Yates City Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- Owen B. West1869-1948American farmer, businessman, and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Yates City Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.77069, -90.01212
What Yates City 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
- Elmwood Township CemeteryElmwood, ILMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Watkins CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Kightlinger CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Summitt - Douglas CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Uniontown CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Blakeslee CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Lehigh CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Yates City Cemetery
- Oaks Hines Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Elmwood · (309) 742-2491
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- Abel Monument Co.15 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- White Chapel Memory Gardens15 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
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