About Brittin Cemetery
Brittin Cemetery is a cemetery near Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois. It lies about 3.5 mi southeast of Sherman. The grounds sit at about 581 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 404880. The nearest other listed cemetery is Canterbury Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Staab Funeral Homes in Sherman, about 3.4 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Sangamon County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Sangamon County dates to 1857. 6 of the 96 listings in Sangamon County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sherman. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.92618, -89.65525
What Brittin 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
- Canterbury CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Kern CemeterySherman, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Fancy Creek CemeteryWilliamsville, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Strode CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Stewart CemeteryWilliamsville, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Joel Hall CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Old West CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Hopwood CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Indian Point CemeteryAthens, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- McKinnie CemeterySpringfield, ILCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Brittin Cemetery
- Staab Funeral Homes3.4 miFuneral home · Sherman · (217) 993-7770
- Mott & Henning Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Athens · (217) 636-8212
- Ellinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home & Cremation Service8.2 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-5755
- Ruby Funeral Services & Chapel, Inc.8.7 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 679-6658
- Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Springfield9.2 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 544-4646
- Walker Funeral Services9.3 miFuneral home · Springfield · (217) 753-3783
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