About Tharpe Cemetery (historical)
Tharpe Cemetery (historical) is a cemetery near Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 518 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821607. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lakeside Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Preston-Hanley Funeral Home & Crematory in Pekin, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 47 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
40.56726, -89.63732
What Tharpe Cemetery (historical) 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
- Lakeside CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Lakeview CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Gardenrest CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Joseph's Catholic CemeteryPekin, ILCatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Sacred Heart Catholic CemeteryPekin, ILCatholic cemetery1.8 mi
- Haynes CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Hollis CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Kimlers CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Hawley CemeterySouth Pekin, ILCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Tharpe Cemetery (historical)
- Preston-Hanley Funeral Home & Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 346-2176
- Cremation Society of Mid Illinois0.6 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 688-2088
- Abts Mortuary0.6 miMortuary · Pekin · (309) 349-2639
- Woolsey Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Pekin · (309) 346-2115
- Compassionate Cremation Services0.8 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 349-5173
- Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory2.1 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 347-4157
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