About Old Cottonwood Cemetery
Old Cottonwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois. It lies about 10 mi south of Shawneetown. The grounds sit at about 400 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 415009. The nearest other listed cemetery is Asbury Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Vickery Funeral Chapel in Ridgway, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Gallatin County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shawneetown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.86156, -88.20077
What Old Cottonwood 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
- Asbury CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryNorris City, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Swan CemeteryNorris City, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- New Zion CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Jones CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Callicott CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Jackson CemeteryShawneetown, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Plainview CemeteryNorris City, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryNorris City, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Old Cottonwood Cemetery
- Vickery Funeral Chapel5.3 miFuneral chapel · Ridgway · (618) 272-3281
- Cox and Son Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Ridgway · (618) 272-3511
- Cox & Son Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Shawneetown · (618) 272-3511
- Vickery Funeral Chapel10 miFuneral chapel · Shawneetown · (618) 269-3162
- Campbell Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Norris City · (618) 378-3811
- Jones Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Eldorado
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