About Gilson Cemetery
Gilson Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 5.7 mi northwest of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815970. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clark Chapel Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center in Knoxville, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Knoxville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.85969, -90.19726
What Gilson 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 Chapel CemeteryKnoxville, ILChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- McCallister CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Mc Callister CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Russell CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Mather CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Harshbarger CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Ferguson CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Cook CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Maquon CemeteryElmwood, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Housh CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Gilson Cemetery
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center5.6 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
- Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory12 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
- Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services12 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
- Oaks Hines Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Elmwood · (309) 742-2491
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Oneida · (309) 483-2323
- Anderson and Sedgwick Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Farmington · (309) 245-2452
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