About Gaffield Cemetery
Gaffield Cemetery is a cemetery near Sheldon, Iroquois County, Illinois. It lies about 3.5 mi south of Sheldon. The grounds sit at about 643 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 408831. The nearest other listed cemetery is Liberty Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home Kentland in Kentland, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Iroquois County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sheldon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.81685, -87.58851
What Gaffield 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
- Liberty CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Prarie Dell CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeteryKentland, INChurch cemetery3.5 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeterySheldon, ILChurch cemetery3.5 mi
- Old Texas CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Sheldon CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Doran CemeteryKentland, INCemetery5.1 mi
- Roberts CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Buswell CemeteryKentland, INCemetery5.6 mi
- Greentown CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Gaffield Cemetery
- Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home Kentland8.1 miFuneral home · Kentland · (219) 474-6161
- Knapp Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2406
- Baier Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2222
- Gerts Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Brook · (219) 275-6161
- Knapp Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Milford · (815) 889-4222
- Clancy-Houk Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · St Anne · (815) 932-1214
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