About Meharry Cemetery
Meharry Cemetery is a cemetery near Paxton, Ford County, Illinois. It lies about 4.0 mi east of Paxton. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413369. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ten Mile Grove Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cox-Knapp Funeral Home in Paxton, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Ford County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Paxton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.47244, -88.16985
What Meharry 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
- Ten Mile Grove CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Prospect CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Farmersville CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Glen CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Pells ParkPaxton, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Oregon CemeteryGibson City, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Pontoppidan CemeteryGibson City, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Pine Ridge CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery6.2 mi
- Hall CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery6.3 mi
- Ludlow CemeteryRantoul, ILCemetery7.2 mi
Funeral homes near Meharry Cemetery
- Cox-Knapp Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-2353
- Baier Family Funeral Services, L.L.C.4.2 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-3200
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Roberts · (217) 395-2215
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-4641
- Rosenbaum Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-8700
- Lux Memorial Chapel11 miFuneral chapel · Rantoul · (217) 892-9644
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