About South Fork Cemetery
South Fork Cemetery is a cemetery near Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 3.8 mi northwest of Rochester. The grounds sit at about 581 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821111. The nearest other listed cemetery is Breckenridge Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilson Park Funeral Home in Rochester, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Sangamon County dates to 1857. 6 of the 96 listings in Sangamon County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rochester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.69888, -89.50311
What South Fork 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
- Breckenridge CemeteryRochester, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Motterville CemeteryRochester, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Taylor CemeteryEdinburg, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Vigal CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Joe Brunk CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryRochester, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Rochester CemeteryRochester, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Newcomer CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Zion CemeteryPawnee, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Finley CemeteryKincaid, ILCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near South Fork Cemetery
- Wilson Park Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Rochester · (217) 498-7161
- Wilson Park Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Edinburg · (217) 623-5253
- Pawnee Monument Company8.2 miMonument dealer · Pawnee · (217) 625-3337
- Curry Funeral Home & Cremation Service8.4 miFuneral home · Pawnee · (217) 625-3321
- Walker Funeral Services9.1 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 753-3783
- Fullenwider-Park Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Mechanicsburg · (217) 364-4403
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