About Sparrow Cemetery
Sparrow Cemetery is a cemetery near Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 6.4 mi east of Minier. The grounds sit at about 627 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418879. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Bache Memorial Chapel in Prophetstown, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 37 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
40.43299, -89.43574
What Sparrow 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
- Hopedale Mennonite CemeteryMinier, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery0.6 mi
- Griesemer CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Bever CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Briggs CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Danforth CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- McClure CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Freeman CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Vawhter CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Sparrow Cemetery
- Bache Memorial Chapel5.1 miFuneral chapel · Prophetstown · (815) 638-2425
- Davis-Oswald Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Tremont · (309) 925-2761
- Haensel Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Mackinaw · (309) 359-3221
- Ludwig Mortuary12 miMortuary · Morton
- Hurley Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · San Jose · (309) 247-3306
- Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center13 miFuneral home · Morton · (309) 263-7426
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