This Chicago and Cook County Cemetery list is a thumbnail reference of the cemeteries and burial grounds within the present boundaries of Cook County. Unlike other cemetery sources and lists, this site will include those cemeteries that are endangered, abandoned, or have vanished. In addition there are many cross references to cemeteries that have been known by more than one name.
All of these cemeteries will eventually appear in greater detail as blog posts where you will find historical information and much more.
Cemeteries that have already appeared in posts contain a link which will take you directly to the relevant blog post.
Bachelors Grove Cemetery ‑ (Old)
- (Also known as: Everdon’s Cemetery, Smith’s Cemetery, Schmidt’s Cemetery Bachelder’s Grove, Batchelor Grove, Batchelder, Bachlor, Bachellor, and Batchel).
- It is believed that the “Batchelor Grove” variation is most historically correct and is the version found on the cemetery plat map in the collections of the Tinley Park Historical Society and the original plat for the Village of Bremen from 1853
- Latitude/Longitude: 413751N 0874615W
- Open: 1832
- Bachelors Grove – Struggling to survive
Bachelor’s Grove (New) Tinley Park Bremen Twp
(See Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church ‑ Tinley Park)
Barrington Center Cemetery
- (Also known as: Miller’s Grove Cemetery)
- East side of Sutton Road, just north of Old Dundee Road (Route 68)
- Barrington Hills, Cook County, Illinois 60010 Barrington Township
- Section: SE1/4 of SW1/4 16 Township 42 Range: 9
- Open: 1840
Barrington Union Cemetery
- (Also known as: Union Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, or Henry Smith Cemetery)
- Not to be confused with Barrington Center Cemetery
- South side of Algonquin Rd (Route 62), .4 mile east of Bateman Road
- Barrington, Cook County, Illinois 60010 Barrington Township
- Section: E 1/2 of SE 1/4 7 Township 42 Range: 9
- Open: September 1866
Bartlett Cemetery
- 528-698 W. North Avenue
- Directly east of the Bartlett Hills Golf Course
- Entrance on West North Avenue at Oliver Street
- Open: 1892
Berger Cemetery
- 1485 East Sibley Blvd State 83 (147000 south),
- Dolton, Cook County, Illinois 60419
- Thornton Township Section: NE SE 1/4 11 Township 36 Range: 14
- Open: 1853
Beth El Cemetery
- 5800 North Pulaski (Formerly named Crawford Avenue, 40th or Rutledge)
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60646 Jefferson Township
- Section: North 3 acres L4 3 Township 40 Range: 13
- Latitude/Longitude: 415912N 0874355W
- Open: 1891
Beth Jacob Niles Township
(See Independent (Jewish) Cemetery)
Bethania Cemetery
- (Also known as: Bethania Cemetery Association)
- 7701 Archer Road
- Justice, Cook County, Illinois 60458 Lyons Township
- Section: SW 1/4 26 Township 38 Range: 12
- Latitude/Longitude: 414502N 0875011W
- First Burial: July 22, 1894
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
- (Also known as: Swedish Bethany Cemetery & Swedish Cemetery)
- South Side of McCarthy Road, 3/4 mile southeast of Lemont
- SW corner of 1st Avenue and McCarthy Road
- Lemont, Cook County, Illinois 60439
- Lemont Township Section: NE NW 28 Township 37 Range: 11
- Latitude/Longitude: 414014N 0875910W
- Open: 1881 .
Beth Hamedrash Chicago
(See Congregation A. D. Beth Hamedrash cemetery
within the grounds of Oakwood Cemetery)
Beth Jacob
Niles Township (See Independent (Jewish) Cemetery)
Beverly Cemetery of Beverly Memorial Park
- (Also known as: Beverly Cemetery Company Chicago Cemetery Corporation)
- 12000 S. Kedzie Avenue at 120th Street Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois 60406
- Worth Township Section: W 1/2 of NW 1/4 25 Township 37 Range: 13
- Latitude/Longitude: 414023N 0874152W
- Open: 1917
Bill Funks Cemetery
- (Also known as: “No Name Cemetery”, Potter’s Field)
- South side of 167th, 1/2 mile east of Ridgeland
- Tinley Park, Cook County, Illinois 60477
- Bremen Township
- Section: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 29 Township 36 Range: 13
Bingle Farm Cemetery
(See Unknown – Whitebeck Homestead)
Bloom Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- (Also known as: St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Chicago Heights)
- 6201 Vollmer Road (19000 South)
- 1/4 mile east of Western Ave (2400 West), Flossmoor, Cook County, Illinois 60422
- Bloom Township Section: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 7 Township 35 Range: 14 41°31’37” N 87°45′ 46″ W
Bloom Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- (Also known as: Presbyterian Church Cemetery, First Presbyterian, Resthaven, Old Presbyterian., and Chicago Heights Cemetery)
- ES of Chicago Vincennes Road Route 1, south of Lincoln Highway
- Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60411
- Bloom Township
- Section: NE 1/4 29 Township 35 Range: 14
- Open: 1845
Bloomvale Cemetery
- 27th and East end Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60411
- Bloom Township
- Open: about 1900
Blue Island Cemetery
- Vanished – Now”Memorial Park” a city park –
- A few graves remain
- (Also known as: Worth Cemetery, Blue Island Cemetery Association)
- 127th (Burr Oak) and Highland (2700 west using Chicago numbering system)
- Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois 60406
- Worth Township Section: NE 1/4 36 Township 37 Range: 13
- Open: 1850, approx.
Bluff City Cemetery
- South side of Bluff City Road
- Elgin, Cook County, Illinois 60120
- Hanover Township
- Section: 19 Township 41 Range: 9
- Latitude/Longitude: 420104N 0881517W
- Open: 1889
Bna’i Abraham
Proviso Township (See Jewish Waldheim)
Bna’i Sholom Cemetery
- (Also known as: Hebrew Cemetery)
- 3919 North Clark Street
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60613
- Lakeview Township Section: 20 Township 40 Range: 14
Bohemian Catholic Niles
Niles Township (See Saint Adalbert)
Bohemian And Polish Cemetery
Niles within Niles Township See Saint Adalbert)
Bohemian National Cemetery
- (Also known as: New Bohemian, National Bohemian)
- 5255 North Pulaski Road (Originally North Fortieth Avenue)
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60630
- Jefferson Township
- Section: NW 1/4 11 Township 40 Range: 13
- Latitude/Longitude: 415846N 0874327W
- Open: 1877
Bonifacius Kirchof
Lakeview Township (See Saint Boniface Cemetery)
Ten Cemeteries and Wrigley Field
Bonifacius And Saint Michael Churchyard
Lakeview Township (See Saint Boniface Cemetery)
Bowe Farm
Elk Grove Township (See Rowe Farm)
Brith Abraham Cemetery Association
Proviso Township (See Jewish Waldheim.)
Briar Hill Cemetery
Palos Township Cook County (See Palos Oak Hill Cemetery)
Brotherhood Catholic
Northfield Township (See Saint Mary’s Mission Cemetery)
Brown N. J. Family Cemetery
- Between Division & Logan 1/2 mile west of Lemont Rd (State St)
- Lemont, Cook County, Illinois 60439
- Lemont Township
- Section: NW1/4 of NW1/4 29 Township 37 Range: 11
- Open: 1848
Buffalo Grove Cemetery
Wheeling Township (See Saint Mary’s)
Burial Site At Lake And Wabash
North Township (See Lake and Wabash Burial Site)
Burr Oak Cemetery
- (Also known as: Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery Assn. Formerly Schroeder Cemetery)
- 4400 West 127th at Kostner Avenue
- Alsip, Cook County, Illinois 60658
- Worth Township
- Section: SW 1/4 27 Township 37 Range: 13
- Latitude/Longitude: 413948N 0874359W
- Open: 1928
Burr Oak Lutheran
Worth Township (See First Evangelical Lutheran of Blue Island