About Lax Cemetery
Lax Cemetery is a cemetery near Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois. It lies about 5.0 mi east of Jerseyville. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747830. The nearest other listed cemetery is Belt Salem Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Jersey County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jerseyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.14444, -90.41695
What Lax 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
- Belt Salem CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Grimes CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Rowden CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Thompson CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Armstrong CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Brown CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Houseman CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Rusk CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Hetzel CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Lax Cemetery
- Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-2711
- Crawford Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-9844
- Gress Kallal & Schaaf Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Hardin
- Hanks-Gress Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Hardin · (618) 576-2718
- Airsman Hires Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Carrollton · (217) 942-6818
- Anderson Family Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Brighton · (618) 372-3712
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