About German Cemetery
German Cemetery is a cemetery near Orion, Mercer County, Illinois. It lies about 8.6 mi northeast of Orion. The grounds sit at about 797 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 408967. The nearest other listed cemetery is Friends Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kirk Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral in Orion, about 8.5 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Orion. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.30166, -90.53105
What German 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
- Friends CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Sherrard CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Quaker CemeteryOrion, ILQuaker cemetery1.6 mi
- Cable Village CemeteryOrion, ILMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
- Schoening Family CemeteryMilan, ILFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Preemption CemeteryMilan, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Woods CemeteryMilan, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Merryman CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Western CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Brushwood CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near German Cemetery
- Kirk Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral8.5 miFuneral home · Orion · (309) 526-3325
- Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory9.9 miCremation provider · Coal Valley · (309) 799-7474
- Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Milan · (309) 756-5513
- Moline Monument Co.12 miMonument dealer · Moline · (309) 762-6014
- Speer Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Aledo · (309) 582-5145
- Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Moline · (309) 736-7100
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