About Cairo City Cemetery
Cairo City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois. It lies about 5.4 mi south of Mound City. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Laura J. Rittenhouse. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 405341. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Pulaski County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 41 listings in Pulaski County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mound City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cairo City Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Laura J. Rittenhouse1841-1911American temperance worker, author, poet, orphanage manager, clubwoman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cairo City Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
37.15836, -89.19825
What Cairo City 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
- Calvary CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Green Lawn Memorial GardensMound City, ILMemorial park0.9 mi
- Old Shiloh CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- New Shiloh CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Hogendobler CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Spencer Heights Memorial CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Beechwood CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Bethel CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Cairo City Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Villa Ridge · (618) 747-2213
- Massie Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Mounds · (618) 745-6700
- Crain Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (618) 845-3351
- Jones Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Tamms · (618) 747-2213
- Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service8.4 miFuneral home · Ullin · (866) 592-7246
- Crain Funeral Home & Cremation Service9.2 miFuneral home · Cairo
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