List of cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois

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This list of cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. Cook County includes the city of Chicago. It does not include pet cemeteries.

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Name Location Established Type Coordinates Notes
Acacia Park Cemetery 7800 W. Irving Park Rd., Norridge 1922 Masonic 41°57′16″N 87°49′25″W / 41.9544°N 87.8236°W / 41.9544; -87.8236
Alexander Cemetery
All Saints Catholic Cemetery 700 North River Rd., Des Plaines 1923 Catholic 42°03′44″N 87°53′35″W / 42.0622°N 87.8930°W / 42.0622; -87.8930
All Saints Polish National Catholic Cemetery 9201 W. Higgins Rd., Chicago 1895 Catholic
Altenheim 7824 Madison, Forest Park [1]
Alton Cemetery
American Progressive Cemetery (part of Waldheim Cemetery Company) Forest Park Waldheim Gate #126 1918 Jewish
Andreas von Zirngibl grave 93rd and Ewing, Midwest Metal Mgmt, Chicago 1855
Anshe Luknik Cemetery (part of Waldheim Cemetery Company) Forest Park Waldheim Gate #57 1908 Jewish
Archer Woods Cemetery (Mt. Glenwood West) 8301 Kean Ave, Willow Springs
Arlington Heights Cemetery (Wheeling Twnshp) Arlington Heights
Assumption Cemetery 19500 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Glenwood Catholic
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery Bachelor Grove Woods, near Midlothian 1844 41°37′51″N 87°46′15″W / 41.6308°N 87.7708°W / 41.6308; -87.7708
Baker-Johnson Cemetery
Barrington Center Cemetery (Miller's Grove) Barrington Hills 1834 42°06′41″N 88°11′40″W / 42.11140°N 88.19437°W / 42.11140; -88.19437
Barrington Union Cemetery (Henry Smith) Barrington Hills 42°07′30″N 88°13′11″W / 42.12511°N 88.21978°W / 42.12511; -88.21978
Bartlett Cemetery Bartlett 1892
Beebs Grove Cemetery
Berger Cemetery Dolton 1854
Beth Jacob (Kehilath Jacob Anshe Drohiczen) Niles
Bethania Cemetery 7701 Archer Ave., Justice 1894 Lutheran [2]
Bethany Cemetery Lemont
Bethel Cemetery 5736 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago 1895 Jewish [3]
Beverly Cemetery 12033 Kedzie Ave., Blue Island 1920
Bill Funks Cemetery Tinley Park Potter's Field
Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery (also known as First Presbyterian) Chicago Heights 1843
Bloomvale Cemetery Chicago Heights
Blue Island Cemetery Blue Island In Memorial Park
Bluff City Cemetery Elgin
Bohemian National Cemetery 5255 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago 1877 Primarily Czech 41°58′38″N 87°43′34″W / 41.9773°N 87.7260°W / 41.9773; -87.7260 [4]
Bowen Memorial Garden (Kenilworth Union Churchyard) Evanston area
Brown Family Cemetery Lemont 1884
Burr Oak Cemetery 4400 W. 127th St., Alsip 1927 African-American 41°39′45″N 87°43′47″W / 41.6625°N 87.7297°W / 41.6625; -87.7297
Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery
Cady Cemetery Inverness
Calvary (Steger) Steger 1907
Calvary Cemetery Evanston 1859 Catholic 42°01′30″N 87°40′21″W / 42.0249°N 87.6726°W / 42.0249; -87.6726 [5]
Cedar Park Cemetery 12540 S. Halsted St., Calumet Park 1924
Chapel Hills Gardens South 11333 S. Central Ave.,Oak Lawn 1927
Charity Cemetery
Chicago and Suburban Cemetery (formerly for Menorah Gardens)
Christ Church Churchyard Evanston area
Christ Lutheran Cemetery Orland Park
Church of the Holy Comforter Kenilworth
Circle of Life Cemetery Inverness
Concordia Cemetery 7900 Madison St., Forest Park 1872 Lutheran [1]
Congregation Betheran Hamedrash Hockoodosh Cemetery (part of Waldheim Cemetery Company) Forest Park Waldheim Gate #26 1894 Jewish
Cook County Cemetery at Dunning (Read Dunning Memorial Park) 6550 W. Belle Plaine Ave., Chicago 1854-1911 Potter's field [6]
Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent (Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest) 159th St. and Crawford Ave., Oak Forest 1911-1971 Potter's field
Couch Mausoleum (City Cemetery) Chicago [7]
Dalton Cemetery
Danish Cemetery Lemont
Deer Grove Cemetery Inverness
DesPlaines Cemetery
Dewes Cemetery Glenview
Douglas Monument Park Chicago [8]
East Wheeling Cemetery
Eden Memorial Park Schiller Park
Elk Grove Cemetery Elk Grove Village 42°02′23″N 87°59′00″W / 42.0396°N 87.9834°W / 42.0396; -87.9834
Elliott Cemetery Harvey area
Elmwood Cemetery 2905 Thatcher Rd., River Grove Primarily Greek 41°55′55″N 87°49′49″W / 41.9319°N 87.8303°W / 41.9319; -87.8303
English Cemetery Arlington Heights area
Evenezer Cemetery
Ever Rest Cemetery (historical) Blue Island area
Evergreen Cemetery Evergreen Park
Evergreen Cemetery Barrington
Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park Willow Springs
Fairview Memorial Park Northlake 1925
First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Alsip
First Reformed Cemetery
First Reformed of Lansing Cemetery Lansing
Forest Home Cemetery 863 Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park 1876 41°52′11″N 87°49′11″W / 41.8698°N 87.8198°W / 41.8698; -87.8198
Forest Park Cemetery
Franciscan Cemetery
German Cemetery Palatine area 42°06′29″N 88°02′52″W / 42.10817°N 88.04784°W / 42.10817; -88.04784
German Lutheran Cemetery
Glen Flora Cemetery
Glen Oak Cemetery Hillside [9]
Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery 16201 S. 104th Ave., Orland Park Catholic
Graceland Cemetery 4001 N. Clark St., Chicago 1860 41°57′16″N 87°39′44″W / 41.9545°N 87.6622°W / 41.9545; -87.6622 [10]
Grayson Cemetery
Greve Cemetery Hoffman Estates
Hazel Green Cemetery Alsip
Hillside Cemetery Palatine
Holy Cross Cemetery 801 Michigan City Rd., Calumet City 1893 Catholic
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 6001 West 111th Street, Worth 1923 Catholic 41°41′09″N 87°46′09″W / 41.6858°N 87.7691°W / 41.6858; -87.7691
Homewood Memorial Gardens 600 Ridge Rd., Homewood
Hoosier Grove Immanuel Cemetery Streamwood
Immaculate Conception Monastery Cemetery Chicago
Immanuel Lutheran (Richton Park) Richton Park
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Westchester
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery 1214 Rand Rd, Des Plaines 1875 Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (Glenview) Glenview
Immanuel Lutheran, St. Paul's UCC, Union Cem Palatine 42°06′29″N 88°02′53″W / 42.10817°N 88.04793°W / 42.10817; -88.04793
Irving Park Cemetery 7777 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago 1918 41°56′59″N 87°49′23″W / 41.9497°N 87.8230°W / 41.9497; -87.8230
Jewish Graceland Cemetery (Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery) 3919 N. Clark St., Chicago 1851 Jewish [11]
LaGrange Cemetery (formerly Parkholm) Berwyn area
Lake Street / Lakewood Memorial Park near Elgin
Lincoln Cemetery 11900 Kedzie Ave., Blue Island 1911 African-American 41°40′12″N 87°42′09″W / 41.6701°N 87.7026°W / 41.6701; -87.7026
Lithuanian National Cemetery Justice 1911 Primarily Lithuanian 41°44′28″N 87°50′44″W / 41.7411°N 87.8455°W / 41.7411; -87.8455 [12]
Lutheran Home Cemetery Arlington Heights
Lyonsville Cemetery Indian Head Park 41°45′55″N 87°53′45″W / 41.76520°N 87.89572°W / 41.76520; -87.89572
Mary Hill Cemetery 8600 Milwaukee Ave, Niles 1959
Memorial Cemetery Tinley Park 1858
Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum 9900 Gross Point Rd., Skokie 1913
Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum 9900 Gross Point Rd., Skokie 1913
Memory Gardens Cemetery 2501 E. Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights
Menorah Gardens 2630 S. 17th Ave., Broadview 1930 Jewish
Montrose Cemetery 5400 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago 1902 41°58′51″N 87°43′59″W / 41.9808°N 87.7330°W / 41.9808; -87.7330 [13]
Mount Auburn Memorial Park 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn
Mount B'Nai B'Rith Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago 1887 Jewish
Mount Carmel Cemetery 1400 S. Wolf Rd., Hillside 1901 Primarily Italian Catholic 41°51′51″N 87°54′27″W / 41.8641°N 87.9075°W / 41.8641; -87.9075
Mount Forest Cemetery Thornton
Mount Glenwood Cemetery Thornton
Mount Greenwood Cemetery 2900 W. 111th St., Chicago 1880 Nondenominational [14]
Mount Hope (St. John's U.C.C.) Palatine
Mount Hope Cemetery 11500 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago 1865 Nonsectarian [15]
Mount Hope Cemetery Elgin
Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 6758 W. Addison St., Chicago 1886 Jewish
Mount Mayriv Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago 1893 Jewish
Mount Olive Cemetery 3800 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago 1889 Primarily Scandinavian
Mount Olivet Cemetery 2755 W. 111th St., Chicago 1855 Catholic
Mount Vernon Memorial Park Lemont
New German Evangelical Zion Cemetery Richton Park
New Light Cemetery 6807 N. East Prairie Rd., Lincolnwood 1895 Jewish [16]
North Northfield Cemetery Northbrook
Northfield Oak Wood Cemetery Glenview
Northfield Union Cemetery Northbrook
Norwood Park Home Cemetery Niles
Oak Glen Lutheran Cemetery Lansing
Oak Hill Cemetery Palos Park
Oak Hill Cemetery 11900 Kedzie Ave., Blue Island 1902 Primarily Scandinavian
Oak Ridge Cemetery Westchester [9]
Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lansing) Lansing
Oakland Memory Lanes 15200 Lincoln Ave, Dolton
Oakridge Cemetery 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside
Oakwoods Cemetery 1035 E. 67th St., Chicago 1853
Old German Methodist Cemetery Orland Park
Old Settlers Cemetery (Bohlander) Berkeley
Orland Memorial Park (Cooper Cem.) Orland Park
Our Lady of Sorrows Slovak Cemetery Hillside 1923 Catholic
Parkholm Cemetery 2501 N La Grange Rd, La Grange Park
Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1400 S. Wolf Rd., Hillside 1947 Catholic
Randhill Park Cemetery 1700 W. Rand Rd., Arlington Heights 1924
Restvale Cemetery Alsip
Resurrection Cemetery 7201 Archer Rd., Justice 1907 Catholic [17]
Richton Cemetery (Christian Fellowship Churchyard) Richton Park
Ridgelawn Cemetery 5736 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago 1895 Jewish [3]
Ridgewood Cemetery Glenview
Robinson Family Burial Ground Norridge
Rosehill Cemetery 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago 1859
Rosemont Park Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago 1933 Jewish
Sacred Heart Cemetery 101st. St. and Kean Ave., Palos Hills 1872 Catholic
Sacred Heart Cemetery 605 Lee Rd., Northbrook 1900 Catholic
St. Adalbert Cemetery 6800 Milwaukee Ave., Niles 1872 Primarily Polish Catholic [18]
Saint Alphonsus Lemont 1870 Catholic
Saint Anne Catholic Cemetery Park Forest 1865 Catholic
Saint Benedict Cemetery 4600 W. 135th St., Crestwood 1885 Catholic
Saint Boniface Cemetery 4901 N. Clark St., Chicago 1863 Primarily German Catholic [19]
Saint Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery 4401 W. 111th St., Chicago 1903 Primarily Lithuanian Catholic
Saint Gabriel Cemetery 164th St. and Cicero Ave., Oak Forest 1913 Catholic (Potter's Field)
Saint Henry Cemetery Devon Ave. and Ridge Ave., Chicago 1863 Catholic, churchyard 41°59′52″N 87°40′42″W / 41.997687°N 87.678438°W / 41.997687; -87.678438 [20]
Saint James at Sag Bridge Catholic Church Sag Bridge, Lemont 1837 Catholic [21]
Saint James Cemetery (Sauk Village) Sauk Village 1847 Catholic [22]
Saint John Cemetery (Arlington Heights) 2200 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights 1907 United Church of Christ (Protestant)
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery Schaumburg 1863 Lutheran
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery 6791 LaGrange Rd., Hodgkins 1897 Lutheran
Saint Johns Cemetery Country Club Hills 1850 Lutheran
Saint John Cemetery (Glenview) 4400 Phillips, Glenview Lutheran
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery 3100 N. Thatcher Ave., River Grove 1904 Catholic
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery (Wilmette) Wilmette 1843 Catholic
Saint Luke Cemetery 5300 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago 1900 Lutheran
Saint Marys Cemetery 87th St. and Hamlin Ave., Evergreen Park 1888 Catholic [23]
Saint Mary's Cemetery Des Plaines 1883 Catholic
Saint Mary's Cemetery (Divine Word) 1945 Waukegan Rd., Northbrook Catholic
Saint Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery 16125 W. 127th St., Lemont Lutheran
Saint Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery 8494 Shermer Rd., Niles 1840 Lutheran
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery 1185 West Algonquin Rd., Palatine 1958 Catholic
Saint Nicholas Cemetery 8901 W. Higgins Rd., Chicago 1925 Primarily Ukrainian Catholic
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery Matteson Lutheran
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery 101 N. Elmhurst Ave., Mount Prospect Lutheran
Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Flossmoor Lutheran
Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery 8520 Harms Rd., Skokie Lutheran
Saint Peter Cemetery 2845 Shermer Rd., Northbrook
Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery 8115 Niles Center Rd., Skokie 1863 Catholic [24]
Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery Schaumburg 1847 Lutheran
Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery Arlington Heights Lutheran
Saint Peter's United Church of Christ Cemetery 8530 Harms Rd., Skokie 1880 United Church of Christ (Protestant)
Saints Cyril and Methodius Lemont 1888 Catholic
Salem Cemetery Palatine
Sauerbier – Burkhardt Cemetery Crestwood [25]
Shalom Memorial Park 1700 W. Rand Rd., Arlington Heights 1956 Jewish
Sunset Memorial Lawns 3100 Shermer Rd., Northbrook 1890
Sutherland (Sayles) Cemetery Palatine 1840
Thornton Township Cemetery Thornton
Town of Maine Cemetery Park Ridge
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Tinley Park
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Willow Springs
Union Ridge Cemetery 6700 W Higgins A, Chicago 1841
German Waldheim Cemetery (Forest Home) 863 Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park 1873 Non-religious specific
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (central div.), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company 1400 S. Des Plaines, Forest Park 1873 Jewish [26]
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (East), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company Forest Park Jewish [27]
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (West, incl. Joseph and Sons Inc.), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company Berwyn area Jewish [28]
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries – Free Sons of Israel Cemetery, aka Waldheim Cemetery Company Berwyn area 1874 Jewish [29]
Washington Memorial Gardens Thornton
Westlawn Cemetery 7801 W. Montrose Ave., Norridge 1937 Jewish 41°57′28″N 87°49′38″W / 41.9577°N 87.8272°W / 41.9577; -87.8272
Wheeling Cemetery Wheeling
Wolfrum Cemetery Rolling Meadows [30]
Woodlawn Cemetery 7600 Cermak Rd., Forest Park 1912 [31]
Wunders Cemetery 3963 N. Clark St., Chicago 1859 Primarily German Protestant (Lutheran) [32]
Zion Cemetery Tinley Park
Zion Lutheran Cemetery Matteson

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Concordia and Altenheim Cemeteries
  2. ^ Bethania Cemetery
  3. ^ a b Cemeteries Beth-El / Ridgelawn Cemeteries
  4. ^ Bohemian National Cemetery – graveyards.com
  5. ^ Calvary Catholic Cemetery
  6. ^ Cook County Cemetery, Dunning – graveyards.com
  7. ^ Chicago City Cemetery: Couch Mausoleum
  8. ^ Douglas Memorial Park – graveyards.com
  9. ^ a b Oak Ridge & Glen Oak – graveyards.com
  10. ^ Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum
  11. ^ Jewish Graceland – graveyards.com
  12. ^ Lithuanian National Cemetery – graveyards.com
  13. ^ Montrose Cemetery – graveyards.com
  14. ^ Mount Greenwood Cemetery – graveyards.com
  15. ^ Mount Hope Cemetery
  16. ^ New Light Cemetery – graveyards.com
  17. ^ Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
  18. ^ Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery
  19. ^ St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
  20. ^ Saint Henry Catholic Cemetery – graveyards.com
  21. ^ St. James – Sag Bridge
  22. ^ St. James Cemetery, Sauk Village – graveyards.com
  23. ^ St. Mary Catholic Cemetery – graveyards.com
  24. ^ Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery – graveyards.com
  25. ^ Sauerbier-Burkhardt Cemetery – graveyards.com
  26. ^ Graveyards of Illinois: Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
  27. ^ Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries: Cemetery #200: Kishinover-Bessarabier Aid Society
  28. ^ Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries: Cemetery #1: Anshe Kanesses Israel No.3
  29. ^ Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries: Cemetery #31: Free Sons of Israel
  30. ^ Wolfrum Cemetery – graveyards.com
  31. ^ Woodlawn Cemetery
  32. ^ Wunder's Cemetery – graveyards.com