About Messinger Cemetery
Messinger Cemetery is a cemetery near Swansea, St. Clair County, Illinois. It lies about 1.7 mi southwest of Swansea. The grounds sit at about 554 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 426429. The nearest other listed cemetery is Whiteside Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Gateway Cremation Center in Swansea, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 157 cemeteries we list in St. Clair County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Swansea. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.54943, -89.96496
What Messinger 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
- Whiteside CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Johns Orphanage CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Badgley CemeterySwansea, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Old Saint Clair County CemeterySwansea, ILMunicipal cemetery1.8 mi
- Lake View Memorial GardensFairview Heights, ILMemorial park1.9 mi
- Willoughby CemeteryO'Fallon, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryShiloh, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Engelmann CemeteryShiloh, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Walnut Hill CemeteryBelleville, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Shiloh Valley CemeteryShiloh, ILCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Messinger Cemetery
- Gateway Cremation Center1.5 miCremation provider · Swansea · (618) 789-0807
- Lake View Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens2.0 miFuneral home · Fairview Heights · (618) 233-7200
- Metroeast Mortuary2.3 miMortuary · Belleville · (888) 523-5552
- Renner Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Belleville · (618) 233-5400
- Serenity Memorial Chapel3.0 miFuneral chapel · Belleville · (618) 233-6000
- Honer Memorials3.2 miMonument dealer · Belleville · (618) 233-2265
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