About Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery near Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. It lies about 5.8 mi southwest of Princeton. The grounds sit at about 741 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Virgil Fox. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1820577. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dover Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fiocchi Funeral Home in Princeton, about 5.4 mi away. It is one of 84 cemeteries we list in Bureau County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Princeton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pioneer Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran.
- Virgil Fox1912-1980American musician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pioneer 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
41.43308, -89.39401
What Pioneer 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
- Dover CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- Prairie Repose CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- Malden CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Mason CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Woodlawn - Stoner CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Limerick CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Elm Lawn CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery5.4 mi
- Heatons Point CemeteryPrinceton, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryDepue, ILLutheran cemetery6.2 mi
- Artestian Well CemeteryDepue, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Pioneer Cemetery
- Fiocchi Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Princeton · (815) 879-3641
- Grant-Johnson Funeral Homes and Crematory5.5 miCremation provider · Princeton · (815) 872-1427
- Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments5.6 miFuneral home · Princeton · (815) 875-2425
- Bache Memorial Chapel8.4 miFuneral chapel · La Moille
- Lundquist-Merritt Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · La Moille · (815) 638-2121
- Hurst Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Ladd · (815) 223-0380
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