About Western Cemetery
Western Cemetery is a cemetery near Orion, Mercer County, Illinois. It lies about 6.4 mi northeast of Orion. The grounds sit at about 702 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 419475. The nearest other listed cemetery is Swedona Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kirk Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral in Orion, about 6.3 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
41.27996, -90.45536
What Western 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
- Swedona CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Cable Village CemeteryOrion, ILMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Brushwood CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Merryman CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Sherrard CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Quaker CemeteryOrion, ILQuaker cemetery4.1 mi
- German CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Grace Lutheran CemeteryOrion, ILLutheran cemetery4.3 mi
- Friends CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- New Windsor CemeteryOrion, ILCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Western Cemetery
- Kirk Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral6.3 miFuneral home · Orion · (309) 526-3325
- Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory11 miCremation provider · Coal Valley · (309) 799-7474
- Moline Monument Co.13 miMonument dealer · Moline · (309) 762-6014
- Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Milan · (309) 756-5513
- Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Moline · (309) 736-7100
- Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services14 miCremation provider · Cambridge · (309) 937-3395
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.