About Brookside Cemetery
Brookside Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 1.7 mi east of Galesburg. The grounds sit at about 755 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719592. The nearest other listed cemetery is East Linwood and Linwood Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services in Galesburg, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Galesburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.94197, -90.40207
What Brookside 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
- East Linwood and Linwood CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Linwood CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Galesburg Memorial Park CemeteryGalesburg, ILMemorial park0.3 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryGalesburg, ILCatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Hope CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Clay CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Lewis CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Hope CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Miles CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Brookside Cemetery
- Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services1.6 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
- Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory2.8 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center6.6 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
- Moore Memorial Homes12 miCremation provider · Alexis · (309) 482-6142
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Oneida · (309) 483-2323
- Turnbull Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Monmouth · (309) 734-2131
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brookside Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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