About Childers Cemetery
Childers Cemetery is a cemetery near Mound City, Alexander County, Illinois. It lies about 14 mi southeast of Mound City. The grounds sit at about 531 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 424744. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hargis Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Alexander County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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.
Map
37.21782, -89.34869
What Childers 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
- Hargis CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Miller CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Miller CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- McCrite CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Olive Branch CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Honey CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Palmer CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Twente CemeteryMound City, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Brown Homestead CemeteryJonesboro, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Childers Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Tamms · (618) 747-2213
- Crain Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Pulaski · (618) 845-3351
- Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel8.7 miFuneral chapel · Scott City · (573) 264-2111
- Jones Funeral Home10.0 miFuneral home · Villa Ridge · (618) 747-2213
- Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service10 miFuneral home · Ullin · (866) 592-7246
- Massie Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Mounds · (618) 745-6700
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