About Gilead Cemetery
Gilead Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. It lies about 9.3 mi south of Mount Vernon. The grounds sit at about 561 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409004. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jennings Farm Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Vernon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.44484, -88.96012
What Gilead 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
- Jennings Farm CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Jordan Chapel CemeteryMount Vernon, ILChurch cemetery2.3 mi
- Zion Grove CemeterySalem, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Antioch CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Old Covenanter CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Boyd Farm CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Boyd CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Little Grove CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Gilead Cemetery
- Osborn Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Dix · (618) 266-7231
- Newell Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon · (618) 246-0100
- Hughey Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (618) 242-3348
- Johnston Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon
- Legacy Monuments9.3 miMonument dealer · Mount Vernon · (618) 242-5247
- Newell Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (618) 246-0100
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