About Hope Cemetery
Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Galesburg, Warren County, Illinois. It lies about 5.2 mi southeast of Galesburg. The grounds sit at about 761 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Bob Jencks and William Adcock. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719298. The nearest other listed cemetery is Miles Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services in Galesburg, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Warren County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Warren County dates to 1829.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Galesburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hope Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 basketball player.
- Bob Jencks1941-2010American football player
- William Adcock1850-1926Illinois politician
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.
Map
40.98450, -90.45886
What Hope 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
- Miles CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery0.7 mi
- Potter CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Terpening CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Lewis CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Henderson Grove CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Soperville CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Galesburg Memorial Park CemeteryGalesburg, ILMemorial park3.8 mi
- Linwood CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- East Linwood and Linwood CemeteryGalesburg, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Brookside CemeteryGalesburg, ILJewish cemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Hope Cemetery
- Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services4.1 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
- Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory5.1 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
- Moore Memorial Homes7.4 miCremation provider · Alexis · (309) 482-6142
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center11 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
- McGuire & Davies Funeral Home and Crematory11 miCremation provider · Monmouth · (309) 734-6008
- Turnbull Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Monmouth · (309) 734-2131
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