About Deacon Cemetery
Deacon Cemetery is a cemetery near Morton, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 2.8 mi northeast of Morton. The grounds sit at about 709 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407025. The nearest other listed cemetery is Groveland Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Morton, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 52 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, Morton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.59084, -89.50401
What Deacon 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
- Groveland Evangelical Mennonite CemeteryMorton, ILChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Landes CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery OldMorton, ILChristian cemetery1.9 mi
- Apostolic Christian CemeteryMorton, ILChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- O'Brien CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Roberts CemeteryMorton, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Spring Valley CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Mooberry CemeteryMorton, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Delzly CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Tazewell County Farm CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Deacon Cemetery
- Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center2.5 miFuneral home · Morton · (309) 263-7426
- Ludwig Mortuary2.9 miMortuary · Morton
- Davis-Oswald Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Tremont · (309) 925-2761
- Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory6.0 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 347-4157
- Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory6.0 miCremation provider · Creve Coeur · (309) 694-3322
- Remmert Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · East Peoria · (309) 699-9613
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