About Sims Cemetery
Sims Cemetery is a cemetery near Waverly, Macoupin County, Illinois. It lies about 6.9 mi northeast of Waverly. The grounds sit at about 679 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1764700. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nifong Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stults-Neece Funeral Home in Palmyra, about 4.8 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Macoupin County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Macoupin County dates to 1906.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waverly. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.50385, -90.01409
What Sims 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
- Nifong CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Pulliam CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Blue Grass CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Conlee CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Panther Creek CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Hollingsworth CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- New Hope CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Turner CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Union CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Harts Prairie CemeteryWaverly, ILCemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Sims Cemetery
- Stults-Neece Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Palmyra · (217) 436-2214
- Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Waverly · (217) 435-2121
- Funeral Register Books Inc12 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-3235
- Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-2126
- Airsman & Calvert Funeral Homes - Girard Chapel13 miFuneral home · Girard · (217) 627-2119
- Airsman & Calvert Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Virden · (217) 965-3321
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