About Briggs Cemetery
Briggs Cemetery is a cemetery near Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 3.5 mi east of Minier. The grounds sit at about 630 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 404864. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shiloh Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Haensel Funeral Home in Mackinaw, about 6.4 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tazewell County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Minier. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.44014, -89.37829
What Briggs 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
- Shiloh CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Gaines CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- McClure CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Griesemer CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Sparrow CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Hopedale Mennonite CemeteryMinier, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery3.2 mi
- Minier CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Freeman CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Briggs Cemetery
- Haensel Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Mackinaw · (309) 359-3221
- Bache Memorial Chapel7.3 miFuneral chapel · Prophetstown · (815) 638-2425
- Davis-Oswald Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Tremont · (309) 925-2761
- Otto Argo Calvert Funeral Home - Danvers Chapel12 miFuneral home · Danvers · (309) 963-4567
- Ludwig Mortuary13 miMortuary · Morton
- Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center13 miFuneral home · Morton · (309) 263-7426
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