About Askins Cemetery
Askins Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 10 mi north of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 604 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1725236. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home in Herrick, about 8.0 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shelbyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.26148, -88.84408
What Askins 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.
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Funeral homes near Askins Cemetery
- Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Herrick · (618) 428-5717
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd11 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
- Gieseking Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 483-6821
- Kull Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 322-1218
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