About Root Cemetery
Root Cemetery is a cemetery near Meredosia, Brown County, Illinois. It lies about 4.6 mi southeast of Meredosia. The grounds sit at about 541 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1720818. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hambaugh Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mackey Daws Funeral Home in Bluffs, about 9.7 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Brown County, and 74 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
39.87117, -90.62912
What Root 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
- Hambaugh CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- South Side CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Martin CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Suratt CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Woods CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Vandeventer CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Hall CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- West Side CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Hume CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Arnold CemeteryMeredosia, ILCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Root Cemetery
- Mackey Daws Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Bluffs · (217) 754-3595
- Hendricker Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (217) 773-3362
- Airsman-Hires Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Griggsville · (217) 833-2321
- Colwell Memorial Home14 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-1100
- Sager Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-2001
- Worthington Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-4342
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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.