About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Port Byron, Rock Island County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 679 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Mary E. Metzgar. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 425787. The nearest other listed cemetery is Port Byron Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. in Port Byron, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Rock Island County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rock Island County dates to 1863. 3 of the 56 listings in Rock Island County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Port Byron. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
- Mary E. Metzgar1849-1919American temperance worker, clubwoman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
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What Oak Grove 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
- Port Byron CemeteryPort Byron, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Glendale CemeteryLe Claire, IACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Johns Catholic CemeteryPort Byron, ILCatholic cemetery1.8 mi
- Rapids City CemeteryPort Byron, ILMunicipal cemetery1.8 mi
- Schaefer Family CemeteryPort Byron, ILFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Yost CemeteryPort Byron, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Jacks CemeteryLe Claire, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Fairfield CemeteryPort Byron, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Pleasant Point CemeteryPort Byron, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryLe Claire, IACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd.0.4 miFuneral home · Port Byron · (309) 523-3151
- RiverBend Cremation6.8 miCremation provider · Bettendorf · (563) 355-4433
- Sullivan-Ellis Mortuary6.9 miMortuary · East Moline · (309) 755-5271
- Quad Cities Cremation Center7.6 miCremation provider · Silvis · (309) 752-8336
- Schroder Mortuary Inc7.6 miMortuary · Silvis · (309) 755-2212
- Van Hoe Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · East Moline · (309) 755-1414
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