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 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.
.
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)