About Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery near Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois. It lies about 1.1 mi northwest of Harvard. The grounds sit at about 955 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Edward E. Ayer, Ernest C. Wills and Levi Addison Gardner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413932. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jerome Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, Inc. in Harvard, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in McHenry County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in McHenry County dates to 1843. 4 of the 57 listings in McHenry County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harvard. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders.
- Edward E. Ayer1841-1927American businessman
- Ernest C. Wills1892-1976American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Levi Addison Gardner1861-1916American politician (1860-1916); mayor of Harvard, Illinois
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Auburn 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
42.41385, -88.59518
What Mount Auburn 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
- Jerome CemeteryHarvard, ILCemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHarvard, ILChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Chemung CemeteryHarvard, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Chemung - Dunham CemeteryHarvard, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- South Dunham CemeteryHarvard, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Alden CemeteryHebron, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Big Foot CemeteryHarvard, ILCemetery5.4 mi
- Stone School CemeteryCapron, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- County Line CemeteryCapron, ILCemetery6.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, Inc.1.2 miFuneral home · Harvard · (815) 943-5400
- Toynton Walworth Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Walworth · (262) 275-2171
- Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Hebron · (815) 648-2054
- Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Woodstock · (815) 338-1710
- McHenry County Burial & Cremation/Marengo Community Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Marengo · (815) 568-8115
- Marengo-Union Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Marengo · (815) 568-8131
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