Hope Cemetery in Galesburg, Illinois

Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Emerson Hough, S. S. McClure and Philip S. Post. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719653. The nearest other listed cemetery is East Linwood and Linwood Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services in Galesburg, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 44 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.

Among them: 2 journalists, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• Emerson Hough1857-1923
  American writer
• S. S. McClure1857-1949
  American publisher
• Philip S. Post1833-1895
  American politician
• Edgar Addison Bancroft1857-1925
  American diplomat
• Clark Ezra Carr1836-1919
  American diplomat
• Alfred W. Stickney1886-1970
  American geologist and mining engineer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Hope 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.

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.

• East Linwood and Linwood Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Brookside Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Linwood Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Galesburg Memorial Park Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Memorial park

  1.5 mi
• Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Lewis Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Clay Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi
• Galesburg Research Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Gum Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  4.3 mi

• Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
  1.2 mi
• Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
  1.8 mi
• Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center

  Cremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
  5.6 mi
• Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Oneida · (309) 483-2323
  12 mi
• Moore Memorial Homes

  Cremation provider · Alexis · (309) 482-6142
  12 mi
• Turnbull Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Monmouth · (309) 734-2131
  14 mi

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