About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois. It lies about 5.6 mi northeast of Wayne City. The grounds sit at about 453 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1953074. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olive Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Young Funeral Home in Wayne City, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 98 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wayne City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.31025, -88.68032
What Salem 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
- Mount Olive CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Egbert CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Farnsworth CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Wood CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Bruce CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Laird CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Thomason CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Shelton CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- Atchison CemeteryWayne City, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- East Hickory Hill CemeteryMount Vernon, ILCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Young Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Wayne City · (618) 895-7250
- Jackson Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (618) 242-8688
- Johnston Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon
- Legacy Monuments12 miMonument dealer · Mount Vernon · (618) 242-5247
- Hughey Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (618) 242-3348
- Newell Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon · (618) 246-0100
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