About Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Petersburg. The grounds sit at about 610 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Thomas L. Harris. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416943. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hurley Funeral Home in Petersburg, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Menard County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Petersburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Thomas L. Harris1816-1858American soldier and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose 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
40.01226, -89.82935
What Rose 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
- Calvary CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- Baker Prairie Number 2 CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Baker Prairie Number 1 CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Oakland CemeteryPetersburg, ILChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Park CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Hornback CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Old Concord CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Smoot CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Concord CemeteryPetersburg, ILCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Rose Hill Cemetery
- Hurley Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Petersburg · (217) 632-2500
- Mott & Henning Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Athens · (217) 636-8212
- Hurley Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Greenview · (217) 968-5504
- Staab Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Sherman · (217) 993-7770
- Hurley Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Mason City · (217) 482-5959
- Ellinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service17 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5755
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