All cemeteries – Letters D-H

 

logofinalbrownThis 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 under 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.

 

 

 

Danish Cemetery                         

  • South side 127th St, 3/4 mile west of State Street in Lemont
  • Lemont, Cook County, Illinois 60439    Lemont Township
  • Section: SE1/4 30 Township 37  Range: 11
  • Latitude/Longitude:  413921N 0880043W

 

Deer Grove Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: Deer Grove Society of Evangelicals Association)
  • ortheast corner of Dundee (Route 68) and Ela Roads, 1/4 mile west US 14
  • Inverness, Cook County, Illinois 60067
  • Barrington Township
  • Section: SE 1/4 NE 1/4  8 Township 42  Range: 10
  • Latitude/Longitude:  420800N 0880551W
  • Open: 1851

 

Des Plaines Avenue Cemetery

Proviso Township(See Jewish Waldheim)

 

Des Plaines Lutheran Cemetery 

Maine Township(See Immanual Lutheran Cemetery)

 

Dewe’s Cemetery                         

  • Endangered
  • Type: Family    Background: ,
  • 100 Golf Road
  • North side of Golf Road.,  1 mile west of Harms Road.
  • (on the SW corner of Glenview Country Club and golf course)
  • Golf, Cook County, Illinois 60029
  • Niles Township
  • Section: W1/2 SW 1/4 SW1/4  8 Township 41  Range: 13
  • Latitude/Longitude: 420321N 0874659W
  • Open: 1895 or before

 

Divine Word Cemetery

Northfield Township (See Saint Mary’s Cemetery)

Dolton Cemetery    Dolton   Thornton Township

(See Oakland Memory Lanes)

 

Douglas Monument                         

  • Foot of 35th street, at Lake Park Avenue
  • Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60616
  • Hyde Park Township
  • Section: NW 1/4 34 Township 41  Range:  9
  • Open: 1868

 

 

Douglas, Stephen, Burial Site                  

  • Vanished  Reinterred at Douglas Monument  June 3, 1868
  • Woodland Park and Douglas Place ‑ 34 East 35th
  • Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60616
  • Hyde Park Township
  • Section: S1/2 NE 1/4 34 Township 39  Range: 14
  • Open: June 1861

 

Dunning Cemetery 

Jefferson Township (See Cook County Cemetery – Old Grounds)

and/or   (Cook County Cemetery – New Grounds)

 

Dunton Cemetery 

Arlington Heights  – Wheeling Township

(See Arlington Heights Cemetery)

 

Ebenezer Cemetery                         

  • East side of Cicero at 165th South ‑ South of Saint Gabriel’s Cemetery
  • Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois 60452
  • Bremen Township
  • Section: SW 1/4 22 Township 36  Range: 13
  • Open: 1920

 

Eden Memorial Park Cemetery                         

  • 9851 West Irving Park Road
  • Schiller Park, Cook County, Illinois 60176
  • Leyden Township
  • Section:  21 Township 40  Range: 12
  • Latitude/Longitude:  415713N 0875224W
  • Open: 1894

 

Ela Cemetery

Palatine Township (See either Cady or Deer Grove Cemeteries)

 

Elk Grove Cemetery Association                          

  • (Also known as: Schnell Corners Cemetery)
  • east side of Arlington Heights Road, just south of Northwest Tollway
  • Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60084
  • Elk Grove Township
  • Section: SE 1/4 16 Township 41  Range: 11
  • Latitude/Longitude:  420220N 0875901W
  • Open: 1849          

 

 

Elliot Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: “Ancestral Burial Lot” of the Elliot Family)
  • south side of Lincoln Highway, (211th South) 1/4 mile East of Pulaski
  • Matteson, Cook County, Illinois 60443    Rich Township
  • Section: SW 1/4 23 Township 35  Range: 13
  • Latitude/Longitude:  413020N 0874228W
  • Open: 1891

Elliot Park

(See Fair Oaks Park Cemetery Association)

 

Elmwood Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: Elmwood Memorial and Elmwood Memorial Park)
  • 2905 North Thatcher (Originally Beach) near Grand Avenue
  • River Grove, Cook County, Illinois 60176    Leyden Township
  • Section: NE 1/4 26 Township 40  Range: 12
  • Latitude/Longitude:  415557N 0874950W
  • Open: 1896

 

Emanual Evangelical Church Cemetery

  • Vanished
  • (Also known as: Pioneer Cemetery, United Brethern Cemetery, Au Plain)
  • Northwest corner of Dundee (route 68) and Sanders Road
  • Northfield, Cook County, Illinois 60093     Northfield Township
  • Section: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4  6 Township 42  Range: 12
  • About 1
  • Open: 1847

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English Cemetery

Wheeling Township (See Arlington Heights Cemetery)

 

Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter                           

  • (Also known as: Gravesite of Eugene field)
  • Southeast corner Kenilworth & Warwick
  • Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois 60043
  • New Trier Township
  • Section:  27 Township 42  Range: 13
  • Open: 1926

 

Euclid Rand Park Cemetery

Wheeling Township (See Memory Gardens)

 

Evangelical Association Cemetery of Norwood Park

(See Union Ridge or Norwood Park Home Cemeteries)

 

Evangelical Lutheran (Immanuel)

Hanover Township (See Immanuel United Church of Christ)

Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: Greve and Wildcat Grove Cemetery)
  • North of Higgins ( Route 72) , 1 mile east of  Barrington Road
  • On the west side of Abbey Wood Drive
  • Hoffman Estates, Cook County, Illinois 60195
  • Schaumburg Township
  • Section: SW 1/4 of NW 1/4  8 Township 41  Range: 10
  • Latitude/Longitude: 420345N 880759W
  • Open: 1899 or before

 

Evangelical Lutheran

Niles   Niles Township (See Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery)

Evangelical Lutheran (Immanuel) 

Hoosiers Grove/Streamwood

(See Immanuel Cemetery ‑ Schaumburg)     Hanover Township

Evangelical Lutheran (Immanuel)  Glenview

(See Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery  Glenview)

 

Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation of Matteson

(See Zion Church Cemetery) Rich Township

 

Evangelical Zion Congregation of Leyden Township

(See Wilmer’s Old Settlers Cemetery)

 

Evangelisch‑Lutherische Saint Paul Cemetery

at Niles Centre

(See Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery ‑ Niles Centre (Skokie)

 

Evanston Graveyard

Evanston Township (See Ridgeville Cemetery)

 

Ever Rest Cemetery

  • Never opened
  • Northwest corner of Kedzie & 119th  Street
  • Merrionette Park, Cook County, Illinois 60405
  • Worth Township     E 1/2 SE 1/4 23 Township 37  Range: 13

 

Evergreen Cemetery   Worth Township                          

  • 8700 S. Kedzie (Southeast corner of 87th and Kedzie Avenue)
  • 3401 W 87th Street     Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois 60805
  • Worth Township     Section: NE 1/4 2 Township 37  Range: 13
  • Open: 1910

 

Evergreen Cemetery ‑ Barrington

  • (Also known as: Evergreen Cemetery Association)
  • 610 Dundee, between Hillside and Coolidge
  • Corner of Hillside and Dundee Avenues
  • Barrington, Cook County, Illinois 60010     Barrington Township
  • Section: SE 1/4 of NE 1/4  2 Township 42  Range:  9
  • Open: 1850, formally 1908

 

Evergreen Hill

Barrington Township   (See Evergreen Cemetery)

Fair Oaks Park    

  • Vanished
  • (Also known as: Fair Oaks Cemetery Association, Elliot Park)
  • On the north side of Lincoln Highway  (Route 30)  (211th South), 1/2 mile east of Crawford Avenue at Main
  • Matteson, Cook County, Illinois 60443
  • Rich Township
  • Section: SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 23 Township 35  Range: 13
  • Open: 1913 or before,  until after 1921

Fairmount Memorial Park

Willow Springs Palos Township (See Willow Hills Memorial Park)

 

Fairmount Hills

Willow Springs      Palos Township

(See Willow Hills Memorial Park)

 

 

Fairview Memorial Park                         

  • (Also known as: All Saints Greek Orthodox, Memorial Estates, Fairview memorial Cemetery,  Fairview Memorial Gardens)
  • 900 N. Wolf Road, northwest corner of Wolf & Fullerton
  • Northlake, Cook County, Illinois 60164
  • Leyden Township     Section: SE 1/4 30 Township 40  Range: 12
  • Open: 1929

 

First Calvary Cemetery

Chicago (See Catholic Cemetery  North Township)

First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

 at Blue Island                          

  • (Also known as: First Lutheran,  Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Lutheran Cemetery,)
  • 4135 W. 127th Street 1/2 mile east of Cicero Ave, SS of street
  • Alsip, Cook County, Illinois 60658
  • Worth Township     Section:  34 Township 37  Range: 13

 

First Evangelical Lutheran

Congregation of Saint Paul Cemetery

Chicago  (See Wunder’s Cemetery)

 

First Presbyterian Church

of Chicago Heights Cemetery

Chicago Heights     Bloom Township (See Bloom Presbyterian)

 

First Reformed Church

of Lansing Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: First Reformed Church of South Holland)
  • Northwest corner of Ridge Road & Burnham
  • Lansing, Cook County, Illinois 60130
  • Thornton Township      Section: NE 1/4 31 Township 36  Range: 15
  • Open: 1860

First Reformed Church

of Roseland Cemetery   

  • Vanished -This location now part of a city street
  • (Also known as: High Prairie, Junction Station, Dutch Church)
  • 107th & Michigan, just north of original church
  • Roseland, Cook County, Illinois 60628
  • Hyde Park Township
  • Section:  15 Township 37  Range: 14
  • Open: 1852/53

 

First Reformed Church of South Holland

(See Holland Cemetery and Homewood Memorial Gardens)

 

Flag Creek Cemetery

Lyons Township (See Lyonsville Congregational Church Cemetery)

 

 

Forest Home Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: German Waldheim)
  • 863 S. Des Plaines (Gate formerly at 1015 S. Des Plaines)
  • Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois 60130
  • Proviso Township     Section:  13 Township   Range:
  • Timeline: Indian burials as recent as 1835
  • Incorporated 1876  Platted 1878

 

 

Fort Cemetery

(Vanished) Chicago     South Township

(See Common Burial Ground at Fort Dearborn)

 

Fort Dearborn Cemetery

(Vanished)  Chicago

(See Common Burial Ground at Fort Dearborn)

 

Franciscan Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: St Mary’s Retreat House, Custody of the Holy Cross)
  • About one mile east of Lemont (“Main Street”)
  • Lemont, Cook County, Illinois 60439
  • Lemont Township
  • Section:  22 Township 37  Range: 11
  • Open: 1924

 

Free Sons Cemetery Association

Forest Park

  • (Also see Jewish Waldheim Cemetery ‑ Gates 31 and 43)
  • (Also known as: Jewish Waldheim)
  • 1600 S. Des Plaines Avenue      Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois 60130
  • Proviso Township      Section:  23 Township 39  Range: 12

 

 

Funk, Bill Cemetery

Bremen Township (See Bill Funk’s Cemetery)

Garrison Cemetery 

Chicago – South Township

(See Common Burial Ground at Ft Dearborn)

 

German Cemetery  Palatine

Palatine Township

(See Union Cemetery)

German Cemetery near Graceland

Lakeview Township

(See Wunder’s Churchyard)

 

German Catholic Cemetery  Chicago

Lakeview Township

(See Saint Boniface)

German Catholic Orphan Society Cemetery

Evergreen Park Worth Township

(See Saint Mary’s)

German Protestant Cemetery

Lakeview Township

(See Wunder’s Churchyard)

German Evangelical Cemetery                          

  • Vanished
  • East side of Bartlett Road, south of Schaumburg Road
  • Streamwood, Cook County, Illinois 60103
  • Hanover Township
  • Section: NW 1/4   23 Township 41  Range:  9
  • Open: 1875

 

German Evangelical Lutheran

 

Immanuel Church Cemetery

Hillside – Proviso Twp

(See Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)

 

German Hebrew

Lakeview Township

(See Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery)

German Lutheran   Chicago

Lakeview Township

(See Wunder’s Churchyard)

 

 

German Lutheran 

Worth Township  (See First Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery of Blue Island)

 

German Lutheran Cemetery

of Saint Paul & Emanuel Churches  

 (See Wunder’s Cemetery)

 

German Methodist 

Orland Township (See Orland German Methodist)

 

German Protestant 

Niles Township  (See Saint Matthews)

 

German Protestant‑Niles Centre     Niles Township

(See Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)

 

German Waldheim

Proviso Township (See Waldheim and Forest Home Cemeteries)

 

Glen Oak Cemetery                          

  • (Also known as: Jewish Oakridge, Maples Clear Oak Cemetery,
  • Glen Oak Cemetery Company)
  • Southwest corner Roosevelt & Mannheim Roads
  • Hillside, Cook County, Illinois 60162     Proviso Township
  • Section: E 1/2 NE 1/4 20 Township 39  Range: 12
  • Open: 1916

 

Glendale Memorial Cemetery   

Lyons Township (See Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens‑West)

Glenview Cemetery

(See Immanual – Glenview)

Good Shepherd Cemetery                          

  • 16201 S. 104th Avenue
  • Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois 60467
  • Orland Township
  • 413542n 875217w
  • Closest Intersection: West 159th Street and  104th Avenue
  • Bounded: 104th Avenue on the west
  • 159th on the north
  • 167Th Avenue on the south
  • Consecrated: April 17, 2005  Open: May 2, 2005

 

Graceland Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: City of Lake View Cemetery)
  • Type: Commercial    Background: ,
  • 4001 North Clark Street
  • Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60613
  • Lakeview Township
  • Section:  17 Township 40  Range: 14
  • Office: 773-525-1105     86     121
  • Open: 1860

Graceland‑Jewish

Lakeview Township  See Hebrew Cemetery)

 

Greendale Cemetery

Palatine  (See Hillside Cemetery)       Palatine Township

 

Greve Cemetery   

Schaumburg Township  (See Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery)

Gross Pointe Cemetery

New Trier Township  (See Saint Joseph Cemetery)

Gross Pointe Cemetery

Niles Township (See Memorial Park Cemetery)

 

The Grove – Kennicott Family

Burying Ground                          

  • Vanished
  • (Also known as: Kennicott burying ground)
  • East side of Milwaukee Ave, south of West Lake Street
  • Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois 60090
  • Northfield Township
  • Section: SW 1/4 29 Township 42  Range: 12
  • Open: 1866

 

Harlem Cemetery

Proviso Township (See Jewish Waldheim, Waldheim, or Forest Home Cemeteries)

Hazelgreen Cemetery                         

  • Endangered
  • Southeast corner of 115th & Laramie (5200 West)
  • Oak Lawn, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois 60658
  • Worth Township
  • Section:  21 Township 37  Range: 13
  • Open:      circa 1830’s

 

Hazelwood Cemetery  

Homewood     Thornton Township (See Washington Memorial Gardens)

Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery                         

  • (Also known as: Jewish Graceland, German Hebrew, Hebrew Benevolent Association, Hebrew Benevolent Society of Chicago .)
  • 3903 North Clark Street
  • Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60613
  • Lakeview Township
  • Section:  20 Township 40  Range: 14
  • Open: 1851

There are four sections that make up the original Cemetery.

Gate 1 at 3931 N. Clark North Gate) is known as B’nai Zion  

Congregation B’nai Zion of Rogers Park,

(This gate and gate #4 at 3901 N Clark were  incorporated in 1962 as Jewish Graceland Cemetery Co.

The two center sections (Gates 2 & 3) are owned by the Hebrew Benevolent Society.

Gate 2: Two congregations merged to form Congregation KAM Isaiah Israel of Hyde Park

Gate 3: Hebrew Benevolent Society

Gate 4: Chevra Kadisha Cholm

This gate and gate #1 at 3931 N Clark were  incorporated in 1962 as Jewish Graceland Cemetery Co.

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Hebrew Burying Ground

(See Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery or Mt. Mayriv)

 

Hebrew Cemetery within City Cemetery

 (See Jewish Cemetery)

Henry Smith Cemetery

Barrington (See Barrington Union Cemetery)

 

High Prairie Church

Roseland  (See First Reformed Church of Roseland)  Hyde Park Township

 

Hill Cemetery Association of the Town of Wheeling

(See Arlington Heights Cemetery)

 

Hillside Cemetery                          

  • (Also known as: Greendale Cemetery)
  • East side of Smith Street at Cornell Avenue, soutrh of Route 14
  • Paltine, Cook County, Illinois 60067
  • Palatine Township
  • Section: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 15 Township 42  Range: 10
  • Lat: 42°07’01″N, Lon: 88°02’53″W
  • Open: 1908

 

Holbrook Cemetery 

Thornton Township (See Oak Ridge)

Holland Cemetery

Thornton Township -Now a part of, and listed under Homewood Memorial Gardens

 

Holland Reformed Church Cemetery   Roseland

See First Reformed Church of Roseland

 

Holy Cross Cemetery                         

  • 801 Michigan City Road, west of Burnham Ave, about 160th south
  • Calumet City, Cook County, Illinois 60409
  • Thornton Township      Section: SE 1/4 18 Township 36  Range: 15
  • Open: 1893

Holy Ghost Cemetery at Shermerville

Techny  –  Northfield Township

(See Saint Mary’s Cemetery)

 

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery                         

  • 6001 West 111th Street
  • Worth, Cook County, Illinois 60482
  • Worth Township
  • Section:  20 Township 37  Range: 13
  • Open: 1923

 

 

 

Homewood Memorial Gardens                          

  • (Also known as: Holland Cemetery, Mt Holland Cemetery, Oak Lawn Cemetery)
  • 600 Ridge Road
  • One mile west of Thornton on the north side of Ridge Road
  • Homewood, Cook County, Illinois 60430
  • Thornton Township
  • Section: NW 1/4 33 Township 36  Range: 14
  • Open: 1857

Hoosier Grove Cemetery

Hanover Township (See Immanuel  United Church Cemetery – Streamwood)