About Pontoppidan Cemetery
Pontoppidan Cemetery is a cemetery near Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois. It lies about 7.5 mi west of Gibson City. The grounds sit at about 820 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416013. The nearest other listed cemetery is Farmersville Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lamb-Young Funeral Home in Gibson City, about 7.2 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Ford County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gibson City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.42882, -88.24717
What Pontoppidan 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
- Farmersville CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Waggoner CemeteryGibson City, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Oregon CemeteryGibson City, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Meharry CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Ten Mile Grove CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Ludlow CemeteryRantoul, ILCemetery6.7 mi
- Beekman CemeteryFisher, ILCemetery6.8 mi
- East Bend CemeteryFisher, ILCemetery6.9 mi
- Drummer Township CemeteryGibson City, ILMunicipal cemetery7.4 mi
- Prospect CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery8.0 mi
Funeral homes near Pontoppidan Cemetery
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-4641
- Rosenbaum Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-8700
- Cox-Knapp Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-2353
- Baier Family Funeral Services, L.L.C.8.4 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-3200
- Rosenbaum Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-8700
- Lux Memorial Chapel10 miFuneral chapel · Rantoul · (217) 892-9644
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