About Railroad Cemetery
Railroad Cemetery is a cemetery near Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 3.7 mi northwest of Pekin. The grounds sit at about 653 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821604. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glendale Memorial Gardens, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Compassionate Cremation Services in Pekin, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tazewell County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pekin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.54591, -89.57544
What Railroad 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
- Glendale Memorial Gardens18119 Court Street, Perkin, ILMemorial park0.8 mi
- Kimlers CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- O'Brien CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Haynes CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Miars CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Tazewell County Farm CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Hawley CemeterySouth Pekin, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Spring Valley CemeteryTremont, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Tharpe Cemetery (historical)Pekin, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Joseph's Catholic CemeteryPekin, ILCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Railroad Cemetery
- Compassionate Cremation Services3.5 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 349-5173
- Cremation Society of Mid Illinois3.9 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 688-2088
- Abts Mortuary3.9 miMortuary · Pekin · (309) 349-2639
- Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory4.0 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 347-4157
- Preston-Hanley Funeral Home & Crematory4.1 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 346-2176
- Woolsey Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Pekin · (309) 346-2115
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