About Helton Cemetery
Helton Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 5.0 mi west of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1725264. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walden Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd in Shelbyville, about 5.1 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
39.42385, -88.69941
What Helton 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
- Walden CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Middlesworth CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Jordan CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Barker CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Hudson CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Root CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Bethany CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Wade CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Caldwell CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Helton Cemetery
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd5.1 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes5.3 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Lovins Lockart Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Windsor · (217) 459-2254
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
- Reed Funeral Home Ltd12 miFuneral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-2355
- Hoffman Burial Supplies13 miFuneral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-4069
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