About Orton Cemetery
Orton Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. It lies about 7.7 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 1720811. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ausmus Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hamilton Funeral Home in Clayton, about 3.6 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Brown County, and 66 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
39.99726, -90.90846
What Orton 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
- Ausmus CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- Howes CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Lee CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Mounds CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Dunkard CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- South Side CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Cleaves CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Jefferson CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant Fargo CemeteryMount Sterling, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Old West Side CemeteryCamp Point, ILCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Orton Cemetery
- Hamilton Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Clayton · (217) 894-6553
- Hendricker Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (217) 773-3362
- Lummis-Hamilton Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Camp Point · (217) 593-6517
- Hunter Funeral Home Of Il10 miFuneral home · Golden · (217) 696-2612
- Triplett and Wood Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-3311
- Worthington Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-4342
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