About Watson Cemetery
Watson Cemetery is a cemetery near Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois. It lies about 10 mi north of Oquawka. The grounds sit at about 630 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719577. The nearest other listed cemetery is Olena Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Banks & Beals Funeral Home in Stronghurst, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Henderson County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oquawka. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.78581, -90.92217
What Watson 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
- Olena CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Best CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Huss CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Kemp CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Hopper CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryLa Harpe, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Peasley CemeteryLa Harpe, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- South Henderson CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Biggsville CemeteryOquawka, ILCemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Watson Cemetery
- Banks & Beals Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Stronghurst · (309) 924-1501
- Prugh Funeral Service9.7 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 754-8241
- Turnbull Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Oquawka · (309) 867-3040
- Leyda, Burrus & Metz Monuments10 miMonument dealer · Burlington · (319) 752-4654
- Lunning Funeral Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Burlington · (319) 752-2771
- Prugh Funeral Service12 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 752-2828
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