Rice - Blue Cemetery in Galesburg, Illinois

Rice - Blue Cemetery is a cemetery near Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 6.3 mi south of Galesburg. The grounds sit at about 784 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William McMurtry. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719872. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, about 1.8 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory in Galesburg, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 37 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.

• William McMurtry1801-1875
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Rice - Blue 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.

• Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens

  Galesburg, IL
  Memorial park

  1.8 mi
• Henderson Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Soperville Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Henderson Grove Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Junk Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Gum Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Fuller Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Galesburg Research Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Deatherage Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Rio Baptist Cemetery

  Galesburg, IL
  Baptist cemetery

  3.3 mi

• Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
  4.9 mi
• Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
  5.3 mi
• Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home

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

  Cremation provider · Alexis · (309) 482-6142
  8.9 mi
• Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center

  Cremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
  10 mi
• McGuire & Davies Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Monmouth · (309) 734-6008
  16 mi

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