About Medora Cemetery
Medora Cemetery is a cemetery near Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois. It lies about 11 mi southwest of Jerseyville. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Ulric L. Crocker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1773479. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakland Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton, about 9.6 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Jersey County, and 45 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.
Notable people buried at Medora Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Ulric L. Crocker1843-1913Recipient of the Medal of Honor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Medora 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
39.17921, -90.14705
What Medora 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
- Oakland CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Maple Lawn CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Rhoads CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Elliott CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Longwill CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Kemper CemeteryGreenfield, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Moore CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryBrighton, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Trible CemeteryBrighton, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Pruitt CemeteryJerseyville, ILCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Medora Cemetery
- Anderson Family Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Brighton · (618) 372-3712
- Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-2711
- Crawford Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jerseyville · (618) 498-9844
- Kravanya Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Bunker Hill · (618) 585-3266
- Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Carlinville · (217) 854-3161
- Heinz Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Carlinville
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