About Blankenship Cemetery
Blankenship Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Marion County, Illinois. It lies about 12 mi northwest of Salem. The grounds sit at about 584 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 404555. The nearest other listed cemetery is Donoho Prairie Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.49627, -88.80249
What Blankenship 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
- Donoho Prairie CemeterySalem, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Byars CemeterySalem, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Old Donoho Prairie CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Palestine CemeterySalem, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Stuber CemeterySalem, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Barrall CemeterySalem, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Union CemeterySalem, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Hall CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Hickory Hill CemeterySalem, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Bell CemeterySalem, ILCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Blankenship Cemetery
- Osborn Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Dix · (618) 266-7231
- Crouse Funeral Home & CFH Crematory12 miCremation provider · Salem · (618) 548-3308
- Rogers Atkins Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Salem
- Sutherland - Rankin Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Salem · (618) 548-1234
- Johnston Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon
- Hughey Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (618) 242-3348
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