About Dawson Cemetery
Dawson Cemetery is a cemetery near Meredosia, Brown County, Illinois. It lies about 7.3 mi southeast of Meredosia. The grounds sit at about 633 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1985156. The nearest other listed cemetery is Casteen Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hendricker Funeral Home in Mt Sterling, about 7.9 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Brown County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Meredosia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.90035, -90.66357
What Dawson 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
- Casteen CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery0.7 mi
- West Side CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Benjamin Robinson Burial GroundMeredosia, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- South Side CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Gilbirds CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Cross Roads CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Logsdon Number 2 CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Hall CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Root CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Hambaugh CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Dawson Cemetery
- Hendricker Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (217) 773-3362
- Mackey Daws Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Bluffs · (217) 754-3595
- Airsman-Hires Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Griggsville · (217) 833-2321
- Colwell Memorial Home15 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-1100
- Sager Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-2001
- Triplett and Wood Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-3311
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.