About Gum Cemetery
Gum Cemetery is a cemetery near Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 4.2 mi south of Galesburg. The grounds sit at about 794 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719879. The nearest other listed cemetery is Galesburg Research Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory in Galesburg, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 40 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
41.00911, -90.36934
What Gum 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
- Galesburg Research CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Oak Lawn Memorial GardensGalesburg, ILMemorial park0.8 mi
- Henderson CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Soperville CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Rice - Blue CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Henderson Grove CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Lewis CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Junk CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Fuller CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Hope CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Gum Cemetery
- Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory2.7 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
- Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services3.4 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center8.3 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Oneida · (309) 483-2323
- Moore Memorial Homes10 miCremation provider · Alexis · (309) 482-6142
- McGuire & Davies Funeral Home and Crematory16 miCremation provider · Monmouth · (309) 734-6008
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