About Tower Hill Cemetery
Tower Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Pana, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 6.1 mi west of Pana. The grounds sit at about 656 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Andrew Johnson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821203. The nearest other listed cemetery is Eiler Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is McCracken-Dean Funeral Home in Pana, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pana. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Tower Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Andrew Johnson1833-1912Recipient of the Medal of Honor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Tower Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Tower Hill 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
- Eiler CemeteryPana, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Middlesworth CemeteryPana, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Liston CemeteryPana, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Methodist CemeteryPana, ILMethodist cemetery2.9 mi
- Knobs Baptist CemeteryPana, ILChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryPana, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Robinson Creek CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- New Hope CemeteryPana, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Linwood CemeteryPana, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- McCoy CemeteryPana, ILCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Tower Hill Cemetery
- McCracken-Dean Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-2116
- Kennedy & Sons Funeral Directors PC6.2 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-3959
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes9.3 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd9.5 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Herrick · (618) 428-5717
- Seitz Funeral Homes17 miFuneral home · Moweaqua · (217) 768-4435
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