About Howes Cemetery
Howes Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. It lies about 7.9 mi east of Mount Sterling. The grounds sit at about 735 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 410620. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mounds Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hamilton Funeral Home in Clayton, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Brown County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Sterling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.01758, -90.90836
What Howes 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
- Mounds CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Orton CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Ausmus CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- South Side CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Sargent CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Old West Side CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Lee CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Jefferson CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Cleaves CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Becam CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Howes Cemetery
- Hamilton Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Clayton · (217) 894-6553
- Hendricker Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (217) 773-3362
- Lummis-Hamilton Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Camp Point · (217) 593-6517
- Hunter Funeral Home Of Il9.2 miFuneral home · Golden · (217) 696-2612
- Triplett and Wood Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-3311
- Worthington Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-4342
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