About Union Chapel Cemetery
Union Chapel Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Girard, Macoupin County, Illinois. It lies about 4.4 mi east of Girard. The grounds sit at about 653 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2005935. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cloud Cemetery (historical), about 1.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Funeral Register Books Inc in Girard, about 3.6 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Macoupin County, and 35 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, Girard. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.44918, -89.86291
What Union Chapel 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
- Cloud Cemetery (historical)Girard, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Cherry CemeteryGirard, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Ross CemeteryGirard, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Crawford CemeteryGirard, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Girard CemeteryGirard, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Girard City CemeteryGirard, ILMunicipal cemetery3.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryVirden, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Welton CemeteryCarlinville, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Doss GraveGirard, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Union Chapel Cemetery
- Funeral Register Books Inc3.6 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-3235
- Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes4.4 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-2126
- Airsman & Calvert Funeral Homes - Girard Chapel4.4 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-2119
- Airsman & Calvert Funeral Homes6.4 miFuneral home · Virden · (217) 965-3321
- Stults-Neece Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Palmyra · (217) 436-2214
- Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Waverly · (217) 435-2121
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Frequently asked questions
Is Union Chapel Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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