About Freeport City Cemetery
Freeport City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi east of Freeport. The grounds sit at about 823 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including John Shaffer, Smith D. Atkins and Thomas J. Turner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 406133. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the west. The nearest mortuary we know of is Walker Mortuary Ltd in Freeport, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Stephenson County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Freeport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Freeport City Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 US representative.
- John Shaffer1827-1870American politician
- Smith D. Atkins1836-1913Union Army general
- Thomas J. Turner1815-1874American politician
- George W. Schofield1833-1882American Civil War Union Brigadier General
- Tutty Baker1793-1855American pioneer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Freeport 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
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What Freeport 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
- Calvary CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Oakland Freeport CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Oakland CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens CemeteryFreeport, ILMemorial park2.0 mi
- County Home CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Grandview CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Harlem Center CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Cranes Grove CemeteryEast Borchers Road, Freeport, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Hart CemeteryFreeport, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Freeport City Cemetery
- Flachtemeier Monuments0.2 miMonument dealer · Freeport · (877) 881-7339
- Walker Mortuary Ltd0.7 miMortuary · Freeport · (815) 232-2136
- Burke-Tubbs Funeral Homes0.8 miFuneral home · Freeport · (815) 233-0613
- Schwarz Park Boulevard Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · Freeport · (815) 235-7371
- Schwarz Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Freeport · (815) 235-7371
- Daughenbaugh Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Dakota · (815) 449-2213
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