Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. It was established in 1863. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 69000057). The grounds sit at about 574 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Lane Evans, Thomas Jackson Rodman and Jeff Pfeffer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 425711. The nearest other listed cemetery is Post Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremation Society Of The Quad Cities in Moline, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Rock Island County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Rock Island County. 3 of the 56 listings in Rock Island County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 baseball players, 1 basketball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.

• Lane Evans1951-2014
  American congressman, attorney, Marine
• Thomas Jackson Rodman1816-1871
  American artillerist, inventor, ordnance specialist, and career United States Army officer
• Jeff Pfeffer1888-1972
  American baseball player
• Edward J. Moskala1921-1945
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Gene Baker1925-1999
  American baseball player
• Sonny Gamber1916-2006
  American referee and basketball player
• Thomas Grenville Pridham1920-2011
  American microbiologist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Rock Island National 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.

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.

• Post Cemetery

  Moline, IL
  Military cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Rock Island Confederate Cemetery

  Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, IL · est. 1863
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Chapel Mausoleum

  Moline, IL
  Church cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Stephen's Mausoleum

  Moline, IL
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Riverside Cemetery

  Moline, IL
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

  Davenport, IA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Oakdale Cemetery

  Davenport, IA
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Hebrew Cemetery

  Rock Island, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery

  Rock Island, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Rock River View Cemetery

  Moline, IL
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi

• Cremation Society Of The Quad Cities

  Cremation provider · Moline · (309) 517-6539
  0.7 mi
• Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Moline · (309) 764-1144
  0.7 mi
• Mc Ginnis-chambers Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bettendorf · (563) 355-1751
  0.9 mi
• Deroo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Moline · (309) 762-5735
  1.2 mi
• Mississippi Valley Cremation and Direct Burial

  Cremation provider · Moline · (309) 798-9798
  1.4 mi
• Deroo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Moline · (309) 762-5735
  1.4 mi

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