About Sheldon Cemetery
Sheldon Cemetery is a cemetery near Sheldon, Iroquois County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 686 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418338. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fleming Cemetery, about 3.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home Kentland in Kentland, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Iroquois County, and 26 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
40.76217, -87.56371
What Sheldon 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
- Fleming CemeteryKentland, INCemetery3.6 mi
- Gaffield CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Old Texas CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Liberty CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeteryKentland, INChurch cemetery5.4 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeterySheldon, ILChurch cemetery5.5 mi
- Doran CemeteryKentland, INCemetery5.5 mi
- Roberts CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Blue Ridge CemeteryKentland, INCemetery5.8 mi
- Prarie Dell CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Sheldon Cemetery
- Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home Kentland6.2 miFuneral home · Kentland · (219) 474-6161
- Knapp Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2406
- Baier Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2222
- Knapp Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Milford · (815) 889-4222
- Gerts Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Brook · (219) 275-6161
- Gerts Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Goodland · (219) 297-3583
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