About Prospect Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Paxton, Ford County, Illinois. It lies about 1.0 mi north of Paxton. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416236. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glen Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cox-Knapp Funeral Home in Paxton, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Ford County, and 22 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.
Map
40.44543, -88.09729
What Prospect 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
- Glen CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Pells ParkPaxton, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Hall CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Ten Mile Grove CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Trickle Grove CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Meharry CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Huffman CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Harwood Chapel CemeteryGifford, ILChurch cemetery5.7 mi
- Pine Ridge CemeteryPaxton, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Ludlow CemeteryRantoul, ILCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Cemetery
- Cox-Knapp Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-2353
- Baier Family Funeral Services, L.L.C.1.0 miFuneral home · Paxton · (217) 379-3200
- Lux Memorial Chapel9.4 miFuneral chapel · Rantoul · (217) 892-9644
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Roberts · (217) 395-2215
- Knapp Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Cissna Park · (815) 457-2424
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-4641
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