About Rockford Cemetery
Rockford Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois. It lies about 7.5 mi northwest of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 623 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1725316. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graybill Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson, about 5.8 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 63 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
39.32739, -88.69448
What Rockford 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
- Graybill CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Union CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Grace CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Wade CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Mount Hermon CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryShelbyville, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Richland CemeteryWindsor, ILCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Rockford Cemetery
- Brummerstedt Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
- Lockart Green Funeral Homes7.7 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
- Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd7.8 miFuneral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
- Lovins Lockart Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Windsor · (217) 459-2254
- Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Neoga · (217) 895-2214
- Bauer Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Effingham · (217) 342-2177
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