About Downs Cemetery
Downs Cemetery is a cemetery near West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois. It lies about 6.6 mi west of West Frankfort. The grounds sit at about 446 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407370. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smothers Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stone Funeral Home in West Frankfort, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 89 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Frankfort. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.91978, -88.81294
What Downs 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
- Smothers CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Clem CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Crawford CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Melvin CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- East Fork CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Jones CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Neal CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Isaacs CemeteryWest Frankfort, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Plaster Grove CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Swofford CemeteryBenton, ILCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Downs Cemetery
- Stone Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · West Frankfort · (618) 932-2161
- J.W. Reynolds Monuments5.7 miMonument dealer · West Frankfort · (618) 937-2425
- Parker-Reedy Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · West Frankfort · (618) 932-6500
- Union Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · West Frankfort · (618) 932-3333
- Morton & Johnston Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Benton · (618) 438-0311
- Leffler Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Benton · (618) 438-0021
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