About Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler Cemetery is a cemetery near Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois. It lies about 3.2 mi southeast of Gillespie. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420990. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clark Cemetery, about 3.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Macoupin County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Macoupin County dates to 1906.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gillespie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.16182, -89.86383
What Wheeler 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
- Clark CemeteryGillespie, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Morrison CemeteryGillespie, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Behme CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Gillespie City CemeteryGillespie, ILMunicipal cemetery3.9 mi
- Holy Cross Catholic CemeteryGillespie, ILCatholic cemetery3.9 mi
- Hacke CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Corr CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery5.6 mi
- Emerick CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Luken CemeteryBunker Hill, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Wheeler Cemetery
- Kravanya Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Gillespie · (844) 486-3725
- Kravanya Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Benld · (844) 486-3725
- Heinz Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Carlinville
- Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes8.2 miFuneral home · Carlinville · (217) 854-3161
- Becker and Son Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (217) 999-3821
- Kravanya Funeral Home10.0 miFuneral home · Bunker Hill · (618) 585-3266
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