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 are 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.
Illinois Cemetery Corporation Cemetery
Unopened
- North side of 159th between Central (5600 West) and Long
- Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois 60452
- Bremen Township Section: 1/2 SW 1/4 16 Township 36 Range: 13
Immaculate Conception Monastery Cemetery
- 5716 North Harlem Avenue
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60631
- Norwood Park Township
- Section: 1 Township 40 Range: 12
- Open: 1946
Immanual Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- (Also known as: Skunk’s Grove)
- Northeast and northwest corner of Sauk Trail and Cicero Ave.
- Matteson, Cook County, Illinois 60443
- Rich Township Section: See text 27 and 28 Township 35 Range: 13
- Open: 1852
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery ‑ Hillside
(Also known as: Proviso Lutheran Cemetery, German Evangelical Lutheran. Immanual Church Cemetery)
- Corner of 22nd and Wolf Roads
- Hillside, Cook County, Illinois 60162
- Proviso Township
- Section: NW 1/4 29 Township 32 Range: 12
- Office: 708-562-5590 Original Acres: Current Size:
- Open: Church 1858 Cemetery 1880 Still open Condition: excellent
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
Palatine Township (See Union)
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Des Plaines
(Also known as: Des Plaines Lutheran Cemetery, Germ Evangelical Lutheran Saint Stephens)
- 1100 South Rand Road
- East side of Rand Road at Seeger’s Road near Golf Road
- Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois 60016 Maine Township
- Section: NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 17 Township 41 Range: 12
- Open: 1871
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery ‑ Glenview
- (Also known as: Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery and Glenview Cemetery)
- 1850 Chestnut (south side of street)
- Glenview, Cook County, Illinois 60025 Northfield Township
- Section: SW 1/4 26 Township 42 Range: 12
- Open: 1876
Immanuel United Church Cemetery
· (Also known as: Immanuel Lutheran, Hoosiers Grove)
- NS of Roselle Rd. (Old Church Road), west of Barrington Road.
- Streamwood, Cook County, Illinois 60194
- Hanover Township
- Section: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 13 Township 41 Range: 9
It began in 1852 the shadow of the German Lutheran Church, of the Missouri Synod to provide a final resting place for its parishioners.
. Most of these people in Hanover Township hailed from upstate New York and New England. Ten years later, there were 926 residents, but a marked change in composition had occurred. Most were German Protestants from the Kingdom of Hanover in western Germany – hence the Township’s name. It was the rich land that beckoned farmers to this vicinity.
The cemetery has been copied and the records are in the Tichy Collection at the DuPage County Historical Society. . Arnett Lines partially read this cemetery June 29, 1963 and again by Cathy Trawinski, in 1999. The records have been microfilmed by the LDS (film #1906282) and are on permanent loan at the Wilmette branch of the LDS library; The film provides data on the baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communion records, and deaths of members. Hundreds of pages reveal the religious milestones of Bartlett/Hanover Township families from 1854 and in some cases such as confirmations until the late 1900s. With few exceptions, records from 1854-1900 are quite legible. (Note: Burial records for the cemetery adjacent to the church appear to end before 1900.)
. Some family names include the early hard working Lutheran familes in the area: Ackmann, Arens, Berndt, Bode, Borquardt, Busche, Diekman, Dopke, Eberling, Flentge, Garbrecht, Hamel, Harz, Heine, Humbracht, Kamlage, Kruckeberg, Krunfuss, Lambrecht, Meier, Oltendorf, Reimer, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schwanke, Schwemer, Sodt, Tatge, Volkening, Volmer, Wichmann, and others. May they all rest in peace.
There are some great gravestone pictures of gravestones at https://www.flickr.com/photos/barringtonhistory/sets/72157605090369288/
Independent ‑ Jewish Cemetery
- Endangered
- (Also known as: Keiger, Niles Jewish, Beth Jacob)
- West of 8400 Waukegan Road, Enter Hamilton from Shermer
- Niles, Cook County, Illinois 60648
- Niles Township Section: 19 Township 41 Range: 13
- Latitude/Longitude: 420206N 874804W
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Indian Burial Ground
- Vanished
- Foot of Rush Street at the Chicago River
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60611
- North Township Section: 9 Township 39 Range: 14
Indian Burial Mound Evanston
- Vanished
- Type: Native American
- Near St Paul Railway Viaduct at Ridge Avenue
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201
- Evanston Township
- Section: NW 1/4 18 Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Burial Mound ‑
#1 of 2 ‑ Pottowatomi
- Vanished
- Type: Native American
- Within grounds of Forest Home Cemetery, 1015 S Des Plaines
- Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois 60130 Proviso Township
- Section: NE 1/4 Sec 14 13 and 14 Township 39 Range: 12
Indian Burial Mound ‑
#2 of 2 ‑ Pottowatomi
- Vanished
- Type: Native American
- Within grounds of Forest Home Cemetery, 1015 S Des Plaines
- Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois 60130 Proviso Township
- Section: NE 1/4 Sec 14 13 and 14 Township 39 Range: 12
Indian Cemetery
Chicago (See Fort Dearborn Cemetery (Vanished)
Indian Cemetery
Leyden Township (See Robinson Family Burial Ground)
Indian Burying Ground
- Vanished
- South end of Indian Ridge formerly known as Wildwood
- Wildwood, Cook County, Illinois Calumet Township
Indian Burying Ground
Torrence Avenue
- Vanished
- Torrence Avenue, between 110th and 111th
- Chicago,, Cook County, Illinois Hyde Park Township
- Section: 18 Township 37 Range: 15
Indian Burying Ground ‑ Blue Island
- Vanished
- Near banks of Calumet River near “North Shore Electric Plant”
- Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois 60406 Calumet Township
- Township 37 Range: 13
Indian Burying Ground ‑
Under LaSalle Street
- Vanished
- “Under LaSalle and nearby thoroughfares”
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Indian Cemetery
- Vanished
- West side of Ridge, north of Sheridan, 4‑5 blocks north of Evanston Lighthouse
- Evanston, Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois 60201 New Trier Township
- Section: S 1/2 6 Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Cemetery ‑ Deer Grove
- Vanished
- SW of Deer Grove Cemetery, South side of Dundee Rd, E of Ela
- Deer Grove/Inverness, Cook County, Illinois 60067
- Palatine Township Section: SW 1/4 8 Township 42 Range: 10
Indian Cemetery ‑ Bowmanville
Buried under a huge pickle farm
- Vanished
- Type: Native American
- In California Ave (2800 west), 165′ (1/4 block) north of Foster Ave (5200 N)
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622
- Jefferson Township
- Section: 12 Township 40 Range: 13
Indian Cemetery at Fort Dearborn
- Vanished
- North of Fort Dearborn Gate on the east side of the path leading to Fort Dearborn
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60602 South Township
- Section: 10 Township 39 Range: 14
Indian Grave ‑ Deering Home
- Vanished
- “Two blocks north of home of Charles Deering”
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201 Evanston Township
- Section: Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Grave ‑ Heck Hall
- Vanished
- Under Heck Hall ‑ Northwestern University
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201 Evanston Township
- Section: 7 Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Grave ‑ Rood Building
- Vanished
- James Rood building on Davis Street
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201
- Evanston Township
- Section: 18 Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Grave ‑ Sheppard
- Vanished
- Property of Dr. Robert D. Sheppard
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201
- Evanston Township Section: Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Grave ‑ Wellington Street Station
- Vanished
- Wellington Street station of Northwestern Railroad
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201
- Evanston Township Section: Township 41 Range: 14
Indian Mound ‑ Plum Grove ‑ Palatine Township
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- Vanished
- North side of Algonquin Road (formerly Woodstock Road), and west of Plum Grove.
- Rolling Meadows, Cook County, Illinois 60008 Palatine Township
- Section: West 1/2 34 Township 42 Range: 10
IOOF International Organization
of Odd Fellows
St. Matthew Lutheran Church owns this cemetery which is immediately to the east of the church cemetery.
- Southwest of Lemont on 127th Street 3/4 mile West of Archer Ave.
- Lemont, Cook County, Illinois 60439
- Lemont Township
- Section: 30 Township 37 Range: 11
Irving Park Cemetery
- (Also known as: Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery)
- 7777 Irving Park Road (4000 North)
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60634
- Leyden Township
- Section: 24 Township 40 Range: 12
- Open: 1918
Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery Chicago
(See Irving Park Cemetery) Leyden Township
Isaiah Israel Cemetery
Jefferson Township (See Mt. Isaiah)
Jefferson Cemetery
Jefferson Township (See Cook County Cemetery at Jefferson)
Jewish Beverly
Blue Island IL. Worth Township (See Beverly Cemetery)
Jewish Burial Ground
Chicago North Township
(See Jewish Cemetery) within City Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery at Lincoln Park
- Vanished
- North of North Ave, within Lincoln Park, between State & Dearborn
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60614
- North Township
- Section: 3 Township 39 Range: 14
- Open: 1845
Jewish Graceland
Chicago – Lakeview Township ( See Hebrew Cemetery)
Jewish Oakridge
Hillside (See Oakridge and Glen Oak)
Jewish Rosehill
Lakeview Township (See Zion Cemetery, within the grounds of Rosehill
and Cemetery of the Congregation of Sinai)
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
- On Des Plaines south from Roosevelt (1200S) to Cermak (2600S)
- Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois 60130
- Proviso Township
- Section: 23 Township 39 Range: 12
- Open: 1870
- Jewish Waldheim consists of over three hundred separate burying grounds in over 350 acres, most having a separate gate or divider, name, and number.
Cemeteries No. 1-33
on west side of Desplaines Ave. starting at Roosevelt Road and going South.
Cemeteries No. 34-62
on east side of Desplaines Ave. starting at Greenberg Road and going North.
Cemeteries No. 63-83
are entered from Roosevelt Road west of Desplaines Ave.
Cemeteries No. 84-129
are entered through Greenberg Rd., west of the railroad tracks,via Desplaines Ave.
Cemeteries No. 200 and up
are entered from Harlem Ave at the 18th Street entrance.
Keiger Niles Niles Township
(See Independent (Jewish) Cemetery)
Kelsey, Bell, Spaulding Cemetery
Palos Township (See Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery)
Kennicott Burial Ground
- NS of Euclid, 1/2 mile west of Rand (Route 12)
- Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60004 Wheeling Township
- Section: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 28 Township 42 Range: 11
- Open: 1841
Kinzie Residence Burying Ground
- Vanished
- North bank of Chicago River at Lake Michigan (See text)
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60611 North Township
- Section: 10 Township 39 Range: 14
- Open: 1812
LaGrange Cemetery
LaGrange Park (See Parkholm Cemetery) Proviso Township
LaGrange Cemetery
Hodgkins (See Saint John’s Church Cemetery) Lyons Township
Lake & Wabash Burial Site
- Vanished
- (Also known as: Cholera Cemetery at Fort Dearborn)
- NW corner Lake Street and Wabash Ave
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60601 South Township
- Section: 10 Township 39 Range: 14
- Open: 1832
Lake Street Cemetery
Elgin Hanover Township (See Lakewood Memorial Park)
Lake Street Memorial Park
Elgin Hanover Township (See Lakewood Memorial Park)
Lakewood Memorial Park
- (Also known as: Lake Street Cemetery)
- SE of Elgin, NS of Lake Street (Route 20) opposite Villa Oliva Country Club
- Elgin, Cook County, Illinois 60120
- Hanover Township
- Section: 20 21 28 29 Township 41 Range: 9
- Open: 1930
LaLime Burial Site
- Vanished
- Southwest corner of Cass (Wabash Ave.) and Illinois Street
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60611 North Township
- Section: NW 1/4 10 Township 39 Range: 14
- Open: 1812
Lemont Methodist
Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Vanished
- (Also known as: Kelsey Bell & Spaulding Cemetery, Solomon C. Kelsey Cemetery)
- 1/2 mile N of McCarthy Road (about 119 South) 350′ E Will‑Cook
- Palos Park, Cook County, Illinois 60464
- Palos Township
- Section: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 30 Township 37 Range: 12
- Open: 1839
Lemont Catholic
(See Saint Alphonsus or Saint Cyril & Methodius)
Lemont Polish
Lemont Township (See Saint Cyril & Methodius)
Lemont Swedish
Lemont Township (See Bethany Lutheran)
Lincoln Cemetery
- (Also known as: Chicago Cemetery Association, Chicago Cemetery Corporation)
- 123rd Street & Kedzie Avenue
- Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois 60655
- Worth Township Section: NE 1/4 26 Township 37 Range: 13
- Open: April 1911
Lincoln Park Cemetery
Chicago Lake View Township
(See City Cemetery or Jewish Cemetery in Lincoln Park)
Lithuanian National Cemetery
- 8201 South Keane Adjacent to Mt. Glenwood‑West Cemetery
- Justice, Cook County, Illinois 60480
- Lyons Township
- Section: 34 Township 38 Range: 12
- Open: 1911
Lutheran Cemetery
Niles Township See Saint Matthews)
Lutheran Blue Island Cemetery
Worth Township (See First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Blue Island
Lutheran Cemetery Blue Island
Worth Township (See First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)
Lutheran Cemetery ‑ Chicago
Lakeview Township (See Wunder’s Churchyard)
Lutheran Cemetery
Maine Township – Rand and Seeger in Des Plaines
(See Immanual Lutheran Cemetery)
Lutheran Cemetery (Saint Peters)
Schaumburg Township – (See Saint Peter’s Cemetery)
Lutheran Cemetery ‑ Oak Forest
Bremen Township (See Ebenezer Cemetery)
Lutheran German Churchyard‑Rev. Wunder
Chicago (See Wunder’s Churchyard)
Lutheran Home & Service
for the Aged Cemetery
- (Also known as: Altenheim ‑ Arlington Heights)
- North side of Euclid Road, 1/2 mile west of Rand Road
- Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60004
- Wheeling Township Section: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 28 Township 42 Range: 11
Lyonsville Cemetery
(See Lyonsville Congregational Church)
Lyonsville Congregational
Church Cemetery
- (Also known as: Flag Creek Cemetery, Indian Head Park, Original Cemetery)
- 5931 Wolf Road, corner of Joliet & Wolf Roads
- Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois 60525
- Lyons Township Section: 20 Township 38 Range: 12
- Open: 1852 or earlier