Cross Reference of Place Names and Townships
within Chicago and Cook County
including Cemeteries in close proximity
.Cook County consists of 945 square miles, the most populated county in the state of Illinois with over 5.2 million people. . There are about 133 current cities, villages, and incorporated towns in Cook County plus many that have ceased to exist or were known under other names
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH TIP:
This Place Name index is helpful if you are seeking the burial location of an ancestor, but have only a geographic location of where your ancestor might have lived. If there are no cemeteries within the placename, we have attempted to name the closest cemeteries where you can look further.
ALSIP First settled about 1830’s – Incorporated 1927
15.8 miles SW of Chicago,
Settled by German and Dutch as a truck farming area. One of the first industries to emerge was a clay quarry and brick factory owned and operated by Frank Alsip established in 1885, the village was incorporated May 2nd, 1927, and named after the Alsip family. Alsip has grown to cover approximately 8.5 square miles.
Cemeteries within Alsip include:
- Chapel Hill Gardens – South
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery at Blue Island
- Schroeder Cemetery
- Burr Oak Cemetery 4400 W 127th St, Alsip, IL 60803 –
- First Lutheran Cemetery 4135 W 127th St, Alsip, IL 60803 –
- Restvale Cemetery Inc 11700 S Laramie Ave, Alsip, IL 60803 –
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 6001 W 111th St, Alsip, IL 60803 –
- Lincoln Cemetery & Mausoleum 12300 S Kedzie Ave, Alsip, IL 60803 –
Alsip is in Worth Township. Additional cemeteries in Worth Township include:
- Beverly Cemetery of Beverly Memorial Park
- Blue Island Cemetery
- Ever Rest Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Hazel Green Cemetery
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery 4401 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655 –
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Robinsons Grove Burying Ground
- Sauerbier Family Burying Ground
- St. Benedict Cemetery of Blue Island
- St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Cemetery 4401 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
- St. Mary’s Cemetery
- Unknown Burial Site – Seyfarth Tavern
ARGO 60501 (Also see Summit and Bedford Park)
11.7 miles SW of Chicago
There are no cemeteries in Argo but as many as 35 in the surrounding area. A few of the larger nearby cemeteries are.
- Resurrection Cemetery 7201 Archer Rd, Justice, IL 60458 –
- Bethania Cemetery Association 7701 Archer Rd, Justice, IL 60458 –
- Lithuanian National Cemetery 8201 S Kean Ave, Justice, IL 60458 –
- Mt Auburn Memorial Park 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402 –
- MT Glenwood Memory Gardens West 8301 Kean Ave, Hickory Hills, IL 60457 –
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (Formerly Dunton)
22.6 miles Northwest of Chicago
- Arlington Heights Cemetery
- Elk Grove Cemetery Association
- Kennicott Burial Ground
- Lutheran Home & Service for the Aged Cemetery
- Memory Gardens Cemetery 2501 E Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 – (847) 255-1010
- Randhill Park Cemetery 1700 W Rand Rd, Arlington Hts, IL 60004 – (847) 255-3520
- St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Mary’s Cemetery
- St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
BARRINGTON
32.2 miles NW of Chicago
- Barrington Center Cemetery
- Barrington Union Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
Other cemeteries nearby include:
- Randhill Park Cemetery 1700 W Rand Rd, Arlington Hts, IL 60004 –
- St Michael the Archangel Catholic 1185 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL
BARRINGTON TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
Includes the villages of Barrington, /Barrington Hills, Palatine (formerly Deer Grove) & South Barrington
Cemeteries in Barrington Township include:
- Barrington Center Cemetery
- Barrington Union Cemetery
- Cady Cemetery
- Deer Grove Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
BARTLETT
29.7 miles W/NW of Chicago
Originally ground for the Potawatomi, Ottawa, Miami, and Cherokee Indians, later 40 acres of land belonging to farmer Luther Bartlett who lived on the farm with his wife Sophia and their 11 children until his death in 1882. Another brother, Edwin, established Ontarioville to the east, which was later incorporated into Hanover Park.The Village of Bartlett got its official start on Feb. 11, 1891 when the petition for incorporation was filed in Springfield, Illinois.
Cemeteries include Bartlett Cemetery and Old Settlers Cemetery
There are additional cemeteries in nearby Kane County, but outside the scope of this website
BATCHELOR’S GROVE SETTLEMENT
Batchelor’s Grove settlement encompassed areas in northwest Bremen Township, northeast Orland Township, southwest Worth Township, and southeast Palos Township. Many of the early settlers to “the Grove” would later be instrumental in the establishment, growth, and development of Blue Island.
Also See Tinley Park Both East Orland and Goeselville refer to areas that were previously known as Batchelors Grove. Trinity Lutheran Church in Tinley Park, founded in 1859, was known at some times as the church at Batchelor’s Grove.
BEDFORD PARK Village of
12.3 miles Southwest of Chicago
Approximate area of Harlem Avenue and West 71st Street Most early residents were of German or Irish ancestry
The village was originally developed for the employees of Corn Products. Corn Products operates an energy intensive corn wet milling plant encompassing approximately 280 acres, has operated continuously at this location for nearly a century. It processes corn into a variety of food products, including sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup, regular corn syrup and dextrose, as well as starches, corn oil and animal feeds.
There are no cemeteries within Bedford Park.
The closest cemeteries are :
Resurrection, 7201 Archer Rd, Justice, IL (708) 458-4770
Bethania (Lutheran) Cemetery Association 7701 Archer Rd, Justice, IL (708) 458-2270
Lithuanian Cemetery, 8201 S Kean Ave, Justice, IL (708) 458-0638
Archer Woods,
Evergreen,
Fairmount,
LaGrange,
Mount Auburn, 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL (708) 749-0023
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West 8301 Kean Ave, Hickory Hills, IL(708) 839-8800
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 6001 W 111th St. Alsip, IL (708) 422-8500
Sacred Heart,
St. John’s
St Mary’s Evergreen Park
BELLWOOD Incorporated 1900
13.2 miles W of Chicago
BERKLEY West Suburb
BERWYN
8.9 mile W/SW of Downtown Chicago
Location: Berwyn, Illinois began in 1856 and incorporated 1902. Berwyn is bounded on the east by Lombard Avenue; on the north by Roosevelt Road (State Route 38), on the west by Harlem Avenue (State Route 43) and on the south by Pershing Road. Within the borders of Berwyn, spanning from east to west, is an historic stretch of old Route 66 along Ogden Avenue (formerly Old Plank Road.) All of present-day Berwyn, Oak Park and much of the west side of Chicago were part of Cicero Township
The present south end of Berwyn was made up of three communities: LaVergne, Berwyn and Upsala or “Swedetown.”
BLOOM TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago Heights, Villages of Crete, Ford Heights, Glenwood, Homewood, Lynwood, Sauk Village (formerly New Strassburg), South Chicago Heights, and Steger
Assumption Cemetery
Bloom Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Bloom Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery
Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens – South
St. James Cemetery
Bloomvale Cemetery – Chicago Heights
BLUE ISLAND 15.6 miles S/SW of Chicago
“A village of Cook County, on the Calumet River and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago & Grand Trunk and the Illinois Central Railways, In early days, it had brick, smelting and oil works. Source: “Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois” 1901
“The quaint town was established in 1835 as a way station for Chicago travelers on the historic Vincennes Trail. Many of the first settlers were tavern and general store keepers, blacksmiths and wagoners. Blue Island’s early industry was lodging and livestock trading. By 1858, German settlers had established four breweries in the growing city, and in the 1870s, the Rock Island Railroad marked the beginning of Blue Island’s transformation into a trade hub. Blue Island’s early 20th century history was dominated by heavy industry-food processing, oil refining, brick making and railroads. In the latter half of the century, much of the city’s heavy industry was replaced with service and retail businesses.”
Cemeteries include:
Beverly Cemetery of Beverly Memorial Park 12000 Kedzie Ave, Blue Island, IL (708) 385-0750
Blue Island Cemetery
Indian Burying Ground – Blue Island
Lincoln Cemetery 12300 S Kedzie Ave, Alsip, IL (773) 445-5400
Oak Hill Cemetery
Robinsons Grove Burying Ground
Unknown Burial Site – Fulton St. – Blue Island
Unknown Burial Site – Mrs Courtney
Unknown Burial Site – Sander’s Ridge
Unknown Burial Site – Seyfarth Tavern
Unknown Burial Site – Vermont Street
Menorah Gardens
Blue Island is located within Worth Township. Additional cemeteries in Worth Township are:
Burr Oak Cemetery 4400 W 127th St, Alsip, IL (708) 233-5676
Chapel Hill Gardens – South
Ever Rest Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery at Blue Island 4135 W 127th St, Alsip, IL (708) 388-3377
Hazel Green Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 2900 W 111th St, Chicago, IL (773) 233-0136
Mt. Hope Cemetery 11500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 708) 371-2818
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Restvale Cemetery
Sauerbier Family Burying Ground
Schroeder Cemetery
St. Benedict Cemetery of Blue Island 2755 W 111th St, Chicago, IL
(773) 238-4435
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
BOWMANVILLE (Now Chicago) About Foster (5200 North) and Western Avenue (2400 West)
7.7 miles N/NW of downtown Chicago
Rosehill Cemetery
Indian Cemetery at Bowmanville
BREMEN
(Formerly Batchelor’s Grove Settlement)
Also known as New Bremen and later changed to Tinley Park in 1890
23.5 Miles SW of Chicago
First settlement about 1830
BREMEN TOWNSHIP South suburban
Contains Country Club Hills, Village of Hazel Crest, City of Markham, City of Oak Forest,
Villages of Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, and Bremen, nowTinley Park
Bachelors Grove – (Old) Cemetery
Bill Funks Cemetery
Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest
Ebenezer Cemetery
Illinois Cemetery Corporation Cemetery
St. Gabriel Cemetery
Tinley Park Cemetery (Zion)
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Unknown Burial Site – Rexford House
Vogt Cemetery
House, and Vogt Cemetery
BRICKTON (Now Park Ridge)
14 miles NW of Chicago
Town of Maine Cemetery
All Saints Polish National Cemetery
BRIDGEVIEW
13 miles SW of Chicago
BROADVIEW Incorporated 1914
11.5 miles W of Chicago
There are no cemeteries within Broadview
Closest major cemeteries near Broadview include Mount Carmel Catholic and Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemeteries at Hillside
BROOKFIELD
12.2 miles SW of Chicago
BUFFALO GROVE (Lake County)
24.7 miles NW of Chicago
First settlers about 1834
BURBANK
13 miles SW of Chicago
BURNHAM
17.6 miles S/SE of Chicago
Closest Cemetery – Holy Cross
BURNSIDE
11.4 miles S of Chicago
Closest Cemetery – Cedar Park
CALUMET TOWNSHIP
Formed as Hope Township on June 2, 1862; name changed on June 17, 1862.
Villages of Calumet Park, Crestwood, Blue Island, and Riverdale
Cedar Park Cemetery
Indian Burying Ground
Indian Burying Ground – Blue Island
St. Benedict Cemetery (Old)
Unknown Burial Site – Fulton St. – Blue Island
Unknown Burial Site – Sander’s Ridge
Unknown Burial Site – Vermont Street
CALUMET CITY
19.2 miles S/SE of Chicago
Holy Cross Cemetery
CHICAGO
CHICAGO’S STREET NUMBERING SYSTEM
Chicago has one of the world’s simplest street patterns and numbering systems. During the 1800’s, most of the Midwestern United States was surveyed and divided into square mile sections of land. Typically the main roads were constructed a mile apart, running either north-south or east-west. And these main roads bordered the square mile sections of land.
And as this prairie land in northeastern Illinois was developed into the city of Chicago, those main roads evolved into today’s main streets, one mile apart. And most of the streets at the half mile intervals also emerged as rather important. And it is on these important streets where Chicago’s street railways were developed, evolving into the present grid network of CTA bus routes.
In Chicago, there are 8 “standard” city blocks per mile. Although many blocks are further divided in half. A standard block has 100 address numbers, meaning there are 800 numbers per mile. Chicago address numbering begins downtown at State Street and Madison Street, State Street is 0 east and west, and Madison Street is 0 north and south. The major streets a mile apart have address numbers which are multiples of 800.
On Chicago’s south side, the east-west streets are numbered. And those numbers correspond to the address numbers, in hundreds. For example, 87th Street is 8700 south. There actually were “errors” over the first 3 miles south of Madison Street, resulting in 12th Street, 22nd Street, and 31st Street being the first 3 “mile” streets south of Madison Street. South of 31st Street, there are 8 numbered streets per mile. 12th Street eventually became Roosevelt Road, while 22nd Street is now Cermak Road.
There are a few exceptions to this otherwise logical street numbering system. Most notably a 3 mile segment of Archer Avenue, a diagonal street on Chicago’s southwest side. Many of Chicago’s suburbs use the same numbering system as Chicago, while other suburbs use their own systems.
For those who read early birth and death certificates, note that the street numbering was changed in 1909. Both the Chicago History Musueum and the Newberry library websites have a document to help you convert to the modern day address.
CHICAGO NEAR NORTH
Catholic Cemetery
City Cemetery
Common Acre West Bank/North Branch of Chicago River
Common Burial Ground at Fort Dearborn
Indian Burial Ground
Indian Burying Ground – Under Lasalle St
Indian Cemetery at Fort Dearborn
Jewish Cemetery at Lincoln Park
Kinzie Residence Burying Ground
Lake & Wabash Burial Site
LaLime Burial Site
North Side Cemetery
St. Mary’s Catholic Churchyard
CHICAGO NEAR SOUTH
Massacre Site south of Fort Dearborn
Seminary of the Sacred Heart Cemetery
South Side Cemetery
Unknown Burial Site – 18th Street Chicago
CHICAGO – NORTH SIDE
Bna’i Sholom Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery
Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery
Mt. Mayriv Cemetery (Old)
North Chicago Hebrew Congregation Cemetery
Rosehill Cemetery
Sinai Cemetery (Within Rosehill)
St. Boniface Cemetery
St. Henry Catholic Church Cemetery
Wunders Churchyard
Zion Jewish Cemetery at Rosehill
Indian Cemetery – Bowmanville – Possibly Pottowatomie
CHICAGO NORTHWEST SIDE
Acacia Park Cemetery
Beth El Cemetery
Bohemian National Cemetery
Chevra Kadisha Ubikar Cholim Cemetery
Cook County Cemetery – Old Grounds
Cook County Cemetery – New Grounds
Immaculate Conception Monastery Cemetery
Irving Park Cemetery
Montrose Cemetery
Mt. Bna’i Brith Cemetery
Mt. Isaiah Israel Cemetery
Mt. Jehoshua Cemetery
Mt. Mayriv Cemetery (New)
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Norwood Park Cemetery Association
Resthaven Cemetery
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Rosemont Park Cemetery
Sons of Israel Cemetery
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Lucas Cemetery
Union Ridge Cemetery
Westlawn Cemetery
Wilmers Old Settlers Cemetery
Norwood Park Home Cemetery
CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE
Camp Douglas Cemetery
Cedar Park Cemetery
Cong A D Beth Hamedrash Hagadol (West Jewish)
Cong Anshe Sholan (East Jewish)
Douglas Monument
“Douglas, Stephen, Burial Site”
“Indian Burying Ground – at Torrence Avenue 110th, 111th”
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Oakwoods Cemetery
Old Burying Ground opposite foot of 92nd Street
Sisters of the Poor Clair Cemetery
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Cemetery
Unknown Burial Site – Road to Bridgeport
Von Zirngibl Burial Site
Chicago has 77 formally-designated community areas or Neighborhoods
The history of the neighborhood and the ethnic makeup give valuable clues on where residents may have been buried. In addition, members of local churches and synagogues tended to bury their dead in very predictable patterns.
Albany Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Andersonville Neighborhood – City of Chicago Andersonville’s roots as a community extend well back into the 19th century, when immigrant Swedish farmers started moving north into what was then a distant suburb of Chicago. In the 1850’s the area north of Foster and east of Clark was a large cherry orchard, and families had only begun to move into the fringes of what is now Andersonville.
Swedish immigrants continued to arrive in Andersonville through the beginning of the 20th century, settling in the newly built homes surrounding Clark Street. Before long, the entire commercial strip was dominated by Swedish businesses, from delis to hardware stores, shoe stores to blacksmiths, and bakeries to realty companies. The local churches, such as Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church, and St. Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church, were also built by Swedes, and reflected the religious diversity of the new arrivals.
While some of the Swedish-owned businesses gave way to stores and restaurants owned by Koreans, Lebanese, and Mexicans, many remained in Andersonville, serving the remaining second- and third-generation Swedes as well as the new arrivals to the neighborhood.
Cemeteries within proximity to Anderson include: Rosehill, Graceland, St. Boniface, Calvary-Evanston. In addition, many people of Scandinavian descent were buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, farther west.
Archer Heights Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Archer Limits Neighborhood – City of Chicago (See Garfield Ridge)
Armour Square Neighborhood – City of Chicago (Also see Bridgeport)
Ashburn Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Auburn Gresham Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Austin Neighborhood – City of Chicago Located nine miles west of downtown Austin shares its western border, Austin Boulevard, with suburban Oak Park. Cicero Avenue is the eastern border of Austin, stretching north from Roosevelt Road past the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) to North Avenue. Roughly split in half by Madison Street, A century ago, Austin was a lovely 280 acre subdivision in Cicero Township, built on former farmland by businessman and real estate speculator Henry W. Austin. During most of the 1800’s, the village of Austin was under the jurisdiction of Cicero Township. On April 4, 1889, Austin was annexed into the City of Chicago.
Avalon Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Avondale Neighborhood – City of Chicago
“Back of the Yards” Neighborhood – City of Chicago
(the area south and especially west of the stock yards called New City today)
Belmont Cragin Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Beverly Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Bridgeport Neighborhood – City of Chicago
What came to be known as the town of Bridgeport was platted by the canal commissioners in 1836; Canalport or (Canal Port) was platted by private interests in 1835 in one of the even-numbered sections not controlled by the canal commissioners. The beginnings of the settlement are somewhat obscure, since it is so old and because many of the records pertaining to that period, such as those kept by the county, burned in the Chicago Fire of 1871.
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Brighton Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Burnside Neighborhood – City of Chicago
(between Chatham & Calumet Heights)
“Bronzeville” – City of Chicago
Calumet Heights Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Canalport (Canal Port) – City of Chicago
Chatham Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Chicago Lawn Neighborhood – City of Chicago
CHINATOWN – City of Chicago Eight blocks, bounded by Cermak Road, the railway embankment, East at Wentworth and south at 26th Street. The first Chinese immigrants arrived in Chicago in the 1870s, long after the other Chinese had settled in California, Oregon and Washington.
The Chinatown in Chicago was successful in meeting the needs of these early immigrants. The dozen or more family associations were the social glue and surrogate families in the early days. They offered food, housing and employment information to new arrivals.
Clearing Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Douglas Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Dunning Neighborhood – City of Chicago
See Cook County Cemetery at Dunning and Mt. Olive cemeteries
East Garfield Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
East Side Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Edgewater Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Edison Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Englewood Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Forest Glen Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Cemetery Suggestions: St. Adalbert
Fuller Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Gage Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Galewood Neighboorhood- City of Chicago
Edwin Oscar Gale (1832-1913) purchased 320 acres north of Oak Park in 1838.
Galewood shares borders with Oak Park to the south (at North Avenue) and Elmwood Park to the west (at Harlem Avenue.). It is bounded on the east by Austin Boulevard and on the north by Fullerton Avenue. Chicago, Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest all meet at the intersection of Harlem and North Avenue.
Cemetery Suggestions include: Forest Home, German Waldheim, Elmwood, St. Joseph Catholic.
Garfield Ridge Neighborhood – City of Chicago
10 miles SW of the Loop. formerly Archer Limits takes its name from Garfield Boulevard (55th Street), a main east-west thoroughfare, and a rather inconsequential topographic rise left behind in the retreat of glacial Lake Michigan. Speculators and farmers purchased the lands from the 1830s to the 1850s, but few stayed. Like Native Americans, whites at first just wanted to pass through, and did so on Archer Road, the Illinois & Michigan Canal (completed 1848), and the Chicago & Alton Railroad (1850s). William B. Archer, I&M Canal commissioner, land speculator, and namesake of Archer Avenue, was among the earliest speculators, buying 240 acres adjoining present-day Harlem and Archer Avenues in 1835. In 1853, John “Long John” Wentworth, one-time mayor of Chicago, farmer, and fellow land speculator, purchased several tracts just to the east of Archer’s holdings. A park that bears his name occupies ground once owned by Wentworth. Chicago annexed the area in 1889, 1915, and 1921. Among the first to settle permanently were Dutch farmers who specialized in market gardening
Grand Boulevard Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Greater Grand Crossing Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Hegewisch Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Hermosa Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Humboldt Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Hyde Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Irving Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Jefferson Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Kenwood Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Lake View Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Lincoln Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Lincoln Square Neighborhood – City of Chicago – Originally of German heritage
Cemetery suggestions; St Boniface (Catholic), St Lucas (Lutheran), Wunders (Lutheran
Logan Square Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Loop Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Lower West Side Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Mckinley Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Montclare Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Morgan Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Mount Greenwood Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Near North Side Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Near South Side Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Near West Side Neighborhood – City of Chicago
New City Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Commonly called “Back of the Yards” (the area south and especially west of the stock yards called New City today)
North Center Neighborhood – City of Chicago
North Lawndale Neighborhood – City of Chicago
North Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Norwood Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Oakland Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Portage Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Pullman Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Riverdale Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Rogers Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
9 miles north of downtown Chicago, on Lake Michigan and the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways; originally reached by electric street-car line from Chicago,. Annexed to City of Chicago, 1893.
Cemetery suggestions: Rosehill Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery-Evanston, St. Henry’s Catholic Cemetery, and New Light Jewish Cemetery-Lincolnwood
Roseland Neighborhood – City of Chicago
South Chicago Neighborhood – City of Chicago
South Deering Neighborhood – City of Chicago
South Lawndale Neighborhood – City of Chicago
South Shore Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Uptown Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Cemetery Suggestions: Graceland, St. Boniface, Wunder’s Churchyard, Jewish Graceland, Rosehill
Washington Heights Neighborhood – City of Chicago 12 miles southwest of Downtown Chicago
Once a village of Cook County, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railways,; In early days there was a female seminary, military school, and a car factory, and a newspaper.
Washington Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Elsdon Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Englewood Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Garfield Park Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Lawn Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Pullman Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Ridge Neighborhood – City of Chicago
West Town Neighborhood – City of Chicago
Woodlawn Neighborhood – City of Chicago
CITY OF CHICAGO WITHIN DUPAGE COUNTY
There is one remaining cemetery Resthaven Cemetery, within the City of Chicago but lie within Addison Township of DuPage County. This is because O’Hare International Field which occupies land in both Cook and DuPage Counties was annexed to the City of Chicago . St. John’s Cemetery originally on O’Hare airport property has been removed.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
26.2 miles S of Chicago
Bloom Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Bloom Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Bloomvale Cemetery
CHICAGO RIDGE Southwest Suburb Incorporated 1914
There are no cemeteries within Chicago Ridge.
The closest cemeteries are
Resurrection, 7201 Archer Rd, Justice, IL
Bethania (Lutheran) Cemetery Association 7701 Archer Rd, Justice, IL
Lithuanian Cemetery, 8201 S Kean Ave, Justice, IL
Archer Woods Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery
LaGrange Cemetery
Mount Auburn, 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West 8301 Kean Ave, Hickory Hills, IL
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 6001 W 111th St. Alsip, IL
Sacred Heart,
St. John’s
St Mary’s Evergreen Park
CICERO
7.2 miles W/SW of Chicago
There are no cemeteries within Cicero
The closest cemeteries are:
Mt. Auburn Memorial Park
Waldheim Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
CICERO TOWNSHIP West suburban
Formed on June 4, 1860
Cicero – There are no cemeteries within Cicero Township. The closest cemeteries are in Forest Park, Illinois. Many residents of Bohemian descent were buried in Bohemian National Cemetery on Chicago’s north side or St. Adalbert’s. in Niles
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
22.7 miles S/SW of Chicago
There are no cemeteries in Country Club Hills
Cemeteries nearby include:
Washington Memory Gardens 701 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL
Homewood Memorial Gardens 600 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL
Mt Glenwood Memory Gardens 18301 E Glenwood Thornton Rd, Glenwood, IL
COUNTRYSIDE
14.6 miles SW of Chicago
CRESTWOOD
18.2 miles S/SW of Chicago
There are three cemeteries within Crestwood:
Bachelors Grove – (Old)
St. Benedict Cemetery (Old)
St. Benedict Cemetery of Blue Island
In addition, the following cemeteries are near Crestwood:
Burr Oak Cemetery 4400 W 127th St, Alsip, IL
First Lutheran Cemetery 4135 W 127th St, Alsip, IL
Restvale Cemetery Inc 11700 S Laramie Ave, Alsip, IL
Lincoln Cemetery & Mausoleum – 12300 S Kedzie Ave, Alsip, IL
Beverly Cemetery & Mausoleum 12000 Kedzie Ave, Blue Island, IL
Oak Hill Cemetery 11900 Kedzie Ave, Blue Island, IL
DEER GROVE
29 miles NW of Chicago
Cady Cemetery
Indian Cemetery
Sutherland Cemetery
DES PLAINES
16.8 miles NW of Chicago
All Saints Cemetery
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Ridgewood Cemetery
Sherman Family Cemetery
St. Mary’s Training School Cemetery
St. Nicholas Ukranian Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery
DIXMOOR
17.4 miles S/SW of Chicago
DOLTON
17.6 miles S/SW of Chicago
. The first non-Indian settler was a White man named J. Clark Matthews who bought land from the Indians in 1832, establishing a homestead in what is now Dolton.
In March 1837, George Dolton settled here and joined Matthews in a business venture operating ferries across the Little Calumet River. Additional settlers from Holland and Germany also settled in the area because of unrest in Europe. Thorntown Township was established in 1850 and Andrew Dolton, the son of George Dolton, became the first supervisor. On December 28, 1892 the Village of Dolton was incorporated .
Cemeteries near Dolton include:
Berger Cemetery
Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery
DUNNING
9.8 miles NW of Chicago
Mt Olive
Cook County Cemetery (Old Grounds)
Cook County Cemetery (New Grounds)
EAST CHICAGO HEIGHTS
26.9 miles S of Chicago
EAST HAZEL CREST
21.9 miles S of Chicago
EAST ORLAND
Both East Orland and Goeselville refer to areas that were previously known as Batchelors Grove In 1884, a post office named Goeselville was established by Christian Goesel, Sr. which replaced East Orland and operated until 1903. The Goeselville settlement centered around the vicinity of 147th Street and Oak Park Avenue (formerly known as Bachelors Grove Road, and also as a continuation of Ridgeland Avenue for a time).. Goeselville can still be seen on many current maps, atlases, and gazetteers of the area.
ELGIN
34.7 miles NW of Chicago
Cemeteries include: Bluff City Cemetery
Lakewood Memorial Park
Mt. Hope Cemetery
ELK GROVE VILLAGE
19.6 mile NW of Chicago
Rowe Farm Family Burying Ground
ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
Villages of Elk Grove and Mt. Prospect
Elk Grove Cemetery Association
Rowe Farm Family Burying Ground
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
ELMHURST (Dupage County)
16.3 miles west of Chicago
ELMWOOD PARK 9.8 miles NW of Chicago incorporated in 1914 Resting on one of the highest points of elevation in the Chicago area, the Village of Elmwood Park is a suburb located just west of the City of Chicago. Elmwood Park is bounded on the east by Harlem Avenue, on the south by North Avenue, on the west by Thatcher Avenue and the north by Belmont Avenue… The village was; named after nearby Elmwood Cemetery, the destination of many funeral trains, which were common at the time.
The closest cemeteries to Elmwood Park are Elmwood Cemetery, St Joseph Catholic, Waldheim, Forest Home, and Jewish Waldheim.
ENGLISH SETTLEMENT
(See Orland Park)
EVANSTON
11.3 miles N of Chicago On February 15, 1857, the town of Evanston was founded, named in honor of John Evans. In 1874, Evanston expanded once again by annexing North Evanston, and then South Evanston in 1892.
Calvary Cemetery
Indian Burial Mound
Indian Cemetery
Indian Grave – Deering Home
Indian Grave – Heck Hall
Indian Grave – Rood Building
Indian Grave – Sheppard
Indian Grave – Wellington Street Station
Ridgeville Cemetery
EVANSTON TOWNSHIP North suburban
Includes the City of Evanston and Ridgeville,which was absorbed into Evanston. Cemeteries, other than Indian burials, include.Calvary Cemetery and Ridgeville Cemetery.
Calvary Cemetery
Indian Burial Mound
Indian Cemetery
Indian Grave – Deering Home
Indian Grave – Heck Hall
Indian Grave – Rood Building
Indian Grave – Sheppard
Indian Grave – Wellington Street Station
Ridgeville Cemetery
EVERGREEN PARK
12.2 miles SW of Chicago
Evergreen Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
FLAG CREEK
(Now LaGrange/Western Springs)
13.7 miles SW of Chicago
Lyonsville Congregational Church Cemetery
FAIRVIEW (Now Schiller Park)
FLOSSMOOR
24.5 miles S/SW of Chicago
FOREST PARK 9.5 miles West of Chicago
“MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE”
Settled in 1856 and incorporated as Harlem, Illinois, in 1885, today’s Village of Forest Park has been greatly shaped by the business of cemeteries. A total of six cemeteries are located here: Forest Home, German Waldheim. Concordia, Woodlawn, Jewish Waldheim, and Altenheim. While there are approximately 15,000 people living in Forest Park, more than thirty times that many people are buried there. Numerous local businesses also have connections to the funeral trade, from monument makers to saloons.
The Menominee, Chippewa and the The Potawatomi Indians lived on the future site of Forest Park. In 1835, the area was known as Oak Ridge due to the many native oaks along what is now Lake Street and Des Plaines Avenue. A French-Indian trader, Leon Bourassa, purchased government land along the Des Plaines River and in 1851 sold 160 acres to Ferdinand Haase, who built a lavish 30-room manor home. In 1856, attracted by the beauty of the land, Mr. John Henry Quick from Harlem, New York, purchased a farm on the site of what is now the Village of River Forest. There being no municipal control, Mr. Quick named everything that needed a name Harlem, after his native city. The Village of Harlem, which was comprised of the vast area which later became the Village of River Forest and a portion of the Village of Oak Park, was incorporated in 1884. When the village applied for its own Post Office, they were informed this was not possible since there already was a Harlem, Illinois. Hence, a new name for the Village had to be selected. A resolution was passed changing the name of the Village of Harlem to the Village of Forest Park.
Cemeteries within Forest Park include:
Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery
Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery
Indian Burial Mound – #1 of 2 – Pottowatomi
Indian Burial Mound – #2 of 2 – Pottowatomi
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Over 300 gates
Moses Montefiore Cemetery
Waldheim Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
FRANKLIN PARK
12.8 miles W/NW of Chicago
GLENCOE
18.7 miles N of Chicago
GLENVIEW
15.4 miles N/NW of Chicago
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Villa Redeemer Monastery
GLENWOOD
24.6 miles S of Chicago
Assumption Cemetery
Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens – South
GOESELVILLE
(formerly East Orland)
The Goeselville Post Office was established in 1884, and it operated as a satellite of the New Bremen/Tinley Park Post Office until 1903, when it closed due to a decline in the population served. Eventually absorbed by Oak Forest (and Cook County Forest Preserve land), Goeselville is now little more than a memory. The name still appears on some maps (primarily because of the former post office), roughly marking the vicinity of the original Batchelor Grove settlement.
GOLF
14.8 miles N/NW of Chicago
Dewes Cemetery
HANOVER TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
City of Elgin, Villages of Bartlett, East Dundee, Hanover Park, Schaumburg, and Streamwood
Bartlett Cemetery
Bluff City Cemetery
German Evangelical Cemetery
Immanuel United Church Cemetery
Lakewood Memorial Park
Mt. Hope Cemetery
HARTFORD (See Homewood)
In 1853, the Illinois Central Railroad established a station in Hartford, calling it Thornton Station, as most of the passengers came from nearby Thornton. This began a serious period of confusion, as mail for the two separate towns was regularly mixed up. In 1869, settlers petitioned the post office to be renamed as Homewood, after the woods that the residents lived among.
HARVEY
19.9 miles S of Chicago
HARWOOD HEIGHTS
11 miles NW of Chicago
the Village was awarded its official charter March 4, 1948.
Closest cemeteries are:
Mt Olive
Cook County Cemetery (Old Grounds)
Cook County Cemetery (New Grounds)
HAZELCREST Far South Suburb
HARDSCRABBLE
1816 was also a new beginning for Lee’s Place, though the name would be changed to Hardscrabble. Until roughly the Black Hawk War of 1832, Hardscrabble served as a fur trading outpost consisting of several cabins, a trading post, and a lodging house. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard recalls the place as it had existed in 1818 which he described in a letter (1880) to Rufus Blanchard:
Chief Alexander Robinson owned a cabin at Hardscrabble, and several members of the La Framboise family, who were French-Indian, lived there.
The
was surveyed by surveyor John Walls in 1821
HARTFORD See Homewood
HASTINGS 41°40’52″N 87°58’18″W
22.4 miles SW of Chicago
Closest Cemetery – Bethany Lemont
HICKORY HILLS
15.1 miles SW of Chicago
Wagner Family Cemetery
Closest large cemeteries near Hickory Hills are Bethania Cemetery (Lutheran), Lithuanian National Cemetery, and Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
Hickory Hills is within Palos Township. Additional cemeteries within Palos Township include:
Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery,
Palos Oak Hills Cemetery,
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
Willow Hills Memorial Park
Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Palos Oak Hills Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
Wagner Family Cemetery
Willow Hills Memorial Park
HILLSIDE Incorporated 1905
14.3 miles W of Chicago
Glen Oak Cemetery
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Mt. Carmel Cemetery – Hillside
Oak Ridge Cemetery
OakRidge Jewish Cemetery
Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
Proviso Cemetery
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
HINES
11.1 miles W/SW of Chicago
HODGKINS
14.6 miles SW of Chicago
St. John’s Church Ceemtery
HOFFMAN ESTATES
25.8 miles NW of Chicago
Formerly Wildcat Grove
Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery (Greve)
HOLBROOK
25 miles S of Chicago
HOMEWOOD (Formerly Hartford)
11.4 miles S/SW of Chicago
Homewood (known originally as Thornton Station or Hartford, for surveyor James Hart
Homewood sits on the edge of the prehistoric Lake Chicago, which was formed by a retreating glacier long before Lake Michigan. Of one the main east-west roads through the town, Ridge Road, got its name because it runs along what used to be the ridge of the lake. The area is rich in limestone deposits, and neighbors Thornton Quarry. In 1853, the Illinois Central Railroad established a station in Hartford, calling it Thornton Station, as most of the passengers came from nearby Thornton
Cemeteries in Homewood include:
Homewood Memorial Gardens 600 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL 60430 – (708) 798-0055,
Washington Memory Gardens 701 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL 60430 – (708) 798-0645,
Mt. Holland Cemetery.
Nearby cemeteries include:
Mt Glenwood Memory Gardens 18301 E Glenwood Thornton Rd, Glenwood, IL 60425 – (708) 758-5663
Assumption Cemetery 19500 S Cottage Grove Ave, Glenwood, IL 60425 – (708) 758-4772
HYDE PARK TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Hyde Park Township
Cong A D Beth Hamedrash Hagadol (West Jewish)
Cong Anshe Sholan (East Jewish)
Douglas Monument
“Douglas, Stephen, Burial Site”
First Reformed Church of Roseland Cemetery
“Indian Burying Ground – at Torrence Avenue 110th, 111th”
Oakwoods Cemetery
Old Burying Ground opposite foot of 92nd Street
Von Zirngibl Burial Site
INVERNESS
Named after the city and county in Scotland
28.7 miles NW of Chicago
Indian Cemetery
For other cemeteries, nearby, see Palatine and Barrington
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Beth El Cemetery
Bohemian National Cemetery
Chevra Kadisha Ubikar Cholim Cemetery
Cook County Cemetery – Old Grounds
Cook County Cemetery – New Grounds
Indian Cemetery – Bowmanville – Possibly Pottowatomie
Montrose Cemetery
Mt. Bna’i Brith Cemetery
Mt. Isaiah Israel Cemetery
Mt. Jehoshua Cemetery
Mt. Mayriv Cemetery (New)
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Rosemont Park Cemetery
Sons of Israel Cemetery
St. Lucas Cemetery
JUSTICE
14.5 miles SW of Chicago
Bethania Cemetery
Lithuanian National Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery
KENILWORTH
15 miles N of Chicago
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter
KITTY CORNER
26.4 miles NW of Chicago
Sutherland Cemetery
LAGRANGE 13.8 miles SW of Chicago (Formerly Flag Creek)
Lyonsville Congregational Church
LAGRANGE PARK
12.5 miles W/SW of Chicago
Parkholm Cemetery
LAKE TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Sisters of the Poor Clair Cemetery
LAKEVIEW TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Bna’i Sholom Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery
Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery
Mt. Mayriv Cemetery (Old)
North Chicago Hebrew Congregation Cemetery
Rosehill Cemetery
Sinai Cemetery (Within Rosehill)
St. Boniface Cemetery
St. Henry Catholic Church Cemetery
Wunders Churchyard
Zion Jewish Cemetery at Rosehill
LAMBERT (now Sag Bridge)
21.3 miles SW of Chicago
LANSING
23.3 miles S/SE of Chicago
First Reformed Church of Lansing Cemetery
Oak Glen Cemetery
LAVERGNE, bounded by 31st, Ogden, Lombard and Harlem. See Berwyn
LEMONT (Formerly Athens)
25 miles SW of Chicago
The village of Lemont began during the planning and construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M Canal), in the mid 1800s. The location of the town of Lemont is just west of the originally planned location of a town on the I&M Canal to be called “Athens”. The town of Athens was never built, due to the proximity of the village of Lemont. The town provided support services for construction of the canal, providing housing as well as a red light district known as “Smokey Row”. Many of the original buildings of this era still exist in the downtown area. The I&M Canal was used until the early 1900s succeeded as a major conduit for shipment of cargo by the parallel Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The Sanitary and Ship Canal the sole water connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Note: There are other cemeteries in the Lemont area, but are within Dupage County, out of the scope of this website. These include but are not limited to Cass Cemetery, St Patrick Catholic Cemetery.
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
Brown N.J. Family Cemetery
Danish Cemetery
Franciscan Cemetery Also known as Lady of Victory Cemetery)
IOOF International Organization of Odd Fellows
“Mt. Vernon Memorial Park/Mt, Vernon Memorial Gardens”
St. Alphonsus Cemetery
St. Cyril & Methodius Cemetery
St. James Cemetery
St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
LEMONT TOWNSHIP Southwest suburban
Village of Lemont (formerly Athens)
Name changed from Palmyra in April, 1850
Cemeteries include:
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
Brown N.J. Family Cemetery
Danish Cemetery
Franciscan Cemetery
IOOF International Organization of Odd Fellows
“Mt. Vernon Memorial Park/Mt, Vernon Memorial Gardens”
St. Alphonsus Cemetery
St. Cyril & Methodius Cemetery
St. James Cemetery
St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
The Levee
It was an area of Chicago bordered, roughly, by 18th Street, 22nd Street, Armour Avenue and Indiana Avenue.. The area was known for its brothels, bars, and other dens of vice.
Prior to 1890, the Levee occupied the blocks between Harrison and Polk, from Dearborn to Clark (Stead, 1894:i). This area was also referred to as the “Customs House Levee.”
The pride of the Levee was the famous Everleigh Club, at 2131-33 S. Dearborn which was reportedly frequented by Chicago’s elite. The club was operated by two young women, Ada and Minna Everleigh.. Patrons of the Everleigh Club were entertained genteelly in one of a number of elegantly decorated parlors. It occupied two brownstone mansions, and was by all accounts very extravagant. It contained tapestries, gold framed paintings, oriental rugs, a gold leafed piano, and a dinner room where “clients” could satisfy their appetites after they had satisfied their libido. Many of the rooms had names, such as the Silver Parlor, the Copper Room, the Turkish Room, and the Rose Parlor. The Everleigh Club was closed for good by the police on October 24, 1911
LEYDEN TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
Name changed from Monroe in April, 1850 The Town of Leyden (Leyden Township), was established on April 2, 1850
Leyden Township includes and Chicago (eastern portion of O’Hare Field), and the villages of Bensenville, . It includes the Villages of Elmwood Park, River Grove, Franklin Park, Schiller Park, and portions of the Villages of Norridge, Park Ridge and Rosemont and the City of Northlake.
Cemeteries in Leyden Township include:
. All Saints Greek Orthodox Cemetery, All Saints Polish National Cemetery, Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Fairview Memorial Park, Irving Park Cemetery, Robinson Family Burial Ground, Sherman Family Cemetery, St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Nicholas Ukranian Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery, and Wilmers Old Settlers Cemetery
LINCOLNWOOD
10 miles N/NW of Chicago Elevation is 604 feet.
Formerly known as Tessville
Lincolnwood is a village in Cook County, in the Chicago metro area originally namedTessville incorporated in November 1911, honoring Johann Tess, one of the earliest settlers.
Located just outside of Chicago, a number of early saloons emerged and their owners incorporated the village in order to issue liquor licenses. Tessville remained a rural community until the mid-1920s, when an electric rail service was extended to Niles Center, now known as Skokie. The Great Depression helped Tessville shake its image as a “saloon-infested” town. The image transformation continued in 1936, when the village changed its name to Lincolnwood. The one cemetery in Lincolnwood is New Light Jewish Cemetery
LYNWOOD Far South Suburb
LYONS
11 miles SW of Chicago
LYONS TOWNSHIP West suburban
Cities of Country Club Hills, Countryside, Elmhurst. Villages of Burr Ridge, Hillside, Hinsdale, Hodgkins, Indian Head Park, Justice, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lyons, McCook, Summit, Western Springs, and Willow Springs
Bethania Cemetery
Lithuanian National Cemetery
Lyonsville Congregational Church Cemetery
Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens West
Resurrection Cemetery
St. John’s Church Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
MAINE TOWNSHIP North suburban
City of Des Plaines, City of Park Ridge (Formerly Brickton), Villages of Niles and Rosemont
All Saints Cemetery,
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery,
Maryhill Cemetery,
Ridgewood Cemetery,
Town of Maine Cemetery
MARKHAM Far South Suburb
MATTESON
27.5 miles S/SW of Chicago
Surveyed and platted in 1855, it was named after Governor Joel Matteson, and situated where the Illinois Central Railroad (coming through in 1852) intersected with a branch of the Michigan Central Railroad (1853). Some 500 people lived there by 1880;
Elliot Cemetery
Fair Oaks Park
Immanual Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Sedem Prairie Cemetery
Zion Church Cemetery
MAYWOOD
11.1 miles W of Chicago
McCOOK
12.5 miles SW of Chicago
MELROSE PARK
11.9 miles W of Chicago
MERRIONETTE PARK South Suburb
Ever Rest Cemetery
MIDLOTHIAN
18.8 miles SW of Chicago
Bordered by Crestwood and Robbins to the north, Posen to the east, Markham to the south, and Oak Forest to the west, and shares a history with all of these communities.
Most of the surface of Midlothian is on the lake plain formed by glacial Lake Chicago as a result of the Wisconsin glacier The Potawatomi were the last Native American occupants of the area. The Old Indian Boundary Line crosses to the southeast of the village. The Midlothian area and additional land to the northwest of this line were ceded in 1816 in the Treaty of St. Louis.
Midlothian was first called Rexford Crossing and was a milk stop where the Rock Island line crossed Crawford Avenue.
With the growth of population came the founding of the community’s major religious congregations: St. Christopher Roman Catholic in 1922, Midlothian United Methodist in 1925, Hope Lutheran and Concordia Lutheran in 1925. The Lutherans merged in 1973 as St. Stephen Lutheran Church. St. Christopher was the patron saint of travelers, and a tradition of blessing motorcycles developed at the Catholic church.
Bachelor’s Grove
Unknown Burial Site – Rexford House
MORTON GROVE
13.6 miles N/NW of Chicago
White Cemetery
Independent – Jewish Cemetery
- PROSPECT
20.3 miles NW of Chicago
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
NEW BREMEN (Also see Tinley Park)
Also known as New Bremen, changed to Tinley Park in 1890
23.5 Miles SW of Chicago
First settlement about 1830
NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP North suburban
Villages of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette, and Winnetka
Christ Church Cemetery
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter – Kenilworth
St. Joseph’s Cemetery – Wilmette
NILES
13 miles NW of Chicago
Independent – Jewish Cemetery
Maryhill Cemetery
St. Adalbert Cemetery
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery
White Cemetery
Slovaks National Cemetery
NILES CENTER (see Skokie)
11.5 miles N/NW of Chicago
NILES TOWNSHIP North suburban
Villages of Golf, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, and Skokie
Cemeteries include
Dewes Cemetery,
Independent – Jewish Cemetery,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
New Light Jewish Cemetery,
Norwood Park Home Cemetery,
Slovaks National Cemetery, St. Adalbert Cemetery, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery,
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery,
St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery,
St. Peter’s Evangelical & Reformed. Church Cemetery (Now United Church of Christ),
White Cemetery
NORRIDGE
11.7 miles NW of Chicago
NORTH RIVERSIDE
10.4 miles SW of Chicago
NORTH TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Catholic Cemetery
City Cemetery
Indian Burial Ground
Indian Burying Ground – Under Lasalle St
Jewish Cemetery at Lincoln Park
Kinzie Residence Burying Ground
LaLime Burial Site
North Side Cemetery
NORTHBROOK
19.8 miles N/NW of Chicago
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Sherman Burial Site
St. Peter’s Evangelical Neighborhood Church Cemetery
Sunset Memorial Gardens
NORTHFIELD
16.9 miles N/NW of Chicago
Emanual Evangelical Church Cemetery
McComber Burying Ground
North Northfield Cemetery
Northfield Oakwood Cemetery
Northfield Union Cemetery
Russell Family Burying Ground
NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP North suburban
Villages of Deerfield, Glenview, Northbrook, and Northfield
Emanual Evangelical Church Cemetery
Grove – Kennicott Family Burying Ground
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
McComber Burying Ground
North Northfield Cemetery
Northfield Oakwood Cemetery
Northfield Union Cemetery
Russell Family Burying Ground
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Sherman Burial Site
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Mary’s Mission Cemetery
St. Peter’s Evangelical Neighborhood Church Cemetery
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Villa Redeemer Monastery
NORTHLAKE
13.8 miles W/NW of Chicago
All Saints Greek Orthodox Cemetery
now known as Fairview Memorial Park
NORWOOD PARK TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
Formed on February 3, 1873
-Contains City of Chicago, Village of Harwood Heights, Village of Norridge
Acacia Park Cemetery
Immaculate Conception Monastery Cemetery
Norwood Park Cemetery Association
Union Ridge Cemetery
Westlawn Cemetery
OAK FOREST
21.3 miles SW of Chicago
Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest
Ebenezer Cemetery
Illinois Cemetery Corporation Cemetery
St. Gabriel Cemetery
OAK LAWN
12.8 miles S/SW of Chicago
Hazel Green Cemetery
OAK PARK West Suburb
Located eight miles west of the Chicago loop, Oak Park is bounded on the north by North Avenue, on the east by Austin Boulevard, on the south by Roosevelt Road and on the west by Harlem Avenue. Click here for Map
The Village of Oak Park evolved from the 1837 purchase of land, now bounded by Lake Street, Chicago Avenue, Oak Park Avenue and Harlem Avenue, by early settler Joseph Kettlestrings. The home he built on the southwest corner of that tract was the first house in Oak Park. In the 1850s, Kettlestrings began to subdivide his land, selling it to “good people who were against saloons and for good schools and churches.” In the mid 1880’s, J. W. Scoville acquired 185 acres of land north of Chicago Avenue between Oak Park Avenue and Austin Boulevard. Other settlers moved in slowly until the Chicago Fire in 1871 which caused an exodus of Chicagoans into Oak Park, giving the village its first population boom. Oak Park was incorporated as a village in 1902.
There are no cemeteries within Oak Park. The closest cemeteries are in Forest Park and include Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery, Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim (Waldheim Cemetery), Jewish Waldheim, , and Woodlawn Cemetery
OAK PARK TOWNSHIP West suburban
Contains theVillage of Oak Park
There are no cemeteries in Oak Park township. The closest cemeteries are in Forest Park and include Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery, Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim (Waldheim Cemetery), Jewish Waldheim, , and Woodlawn Cemetery
OAK RIDGE: See Forest Park
O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Within Cook and DuPage Counties
Resthaven Cemetery
Wilmer’s Old Settler’s Cemetery . St. John’s Cemetery was removed by the City of Chicago
OLYMPIA FIELDS South Suburb
ORCHARD PLACE (Now Rosemont)
Wilmer’s Old Settler’s Cemetery
ORLAND PARK Southwest Suburb 23miles southwest of Chicago
Also known as “English Settlement” – First settler about 1834
Good Shepherd Cemetery
Orland Memorial Park
ORLAND TOWNSHIP Southwest suburban
Villages of Tinley Park, Orland Park and Orland Hills
Christ Lutheran Cemetery
Good Shepard Cemetery
Orland German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Orland Memorial Park
Orland Tinley Park Cemetery
Tinley Park Mental Health Cemetery
PALATINE Northwest Suburb
Deer Grove Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery
Plum Grove Cemetery
Plum Grove Cemetery (old)
Randhill Park Cemetery
Shalom Memorial Park
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Plum Grove
St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery
Sutherland Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Cady Cemetery
PALATINE TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
City of Rolling Meadows, Villages of Inverness (Deer Grove) and Palatine
Hillside Cemetery
Indian Cemetery
Indian Mound
Salem Cemetery (also known as Plum Grove Cemetery)
Plum Grove Cemetery (old)
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Plum Grove
St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery
Sutherland Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Palos – Name changed from Trenton in April, 1850.
PALOS PARK South Suburb
Sauerbier Family Burying Ground
Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Palos Oak Hills Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
PALOS TOWNSHIP Southwest suburban
Name changed from Trenton in April, 1850.
Palos Townhip includes the Villages of Palos Hills and Hickory Hills, Willow Springs, and Palos Park
Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Palos Oak Hills Cemetery, Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
Wagner Family Cemetery, Willow Hills Memorial Park
Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Palos Oak Hills Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
Wagner Family Cemetery
Willow Hills Memorial Park
PARK FOREST South Suburb
St. Anne Cemetery
PARK RIDGE Northwest Suburb
(Formerly Brickton)
Town of Maine Cemetery
All Saints Polish National Cemetery
Parkside Subdivision
planned and developed by A.A. Lewis in 1947, and consisted of approximately 160 acres bounded by 167th Street on the north, Oak Park Avenue on the west, Ridgeland Avenue on the east, and 171st Street on the south. Modeled loosely on the famous Levittown, New York, development.This subdivision marked the beginning of the evolution of Tinley Park.
PLUM GROVE Northwest Suburb
Indian Mound
POSEN Far South Suburb
PROSPECT HEIGHTS (Northwest Suburb)
PROVISO TOWNSHIPWest suburban
Name changed from Taylor in April, 1850
Villages of Bellwood, Berkley, Bridgeview, Broadview, Brookfield, Forest Park, Hillside, LaGrange Park, Maywood, Melrose Park, Oak Brook, Stone Park, and Westchester
Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery
Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery
Free Sons of Israel
Glen Oak Cemetery
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Indian Burial Mound – #1 of 2 – Pottowatomi
Indian Burial Mound – #2 of 2 – Pottowatomi
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
Memorial Estates
Menorah Gardens
Moses Montefiore Cemetery
Mt. Carmel Cemetery – Hillside
Oak Ridge Cemetery
OakRidge Jewish Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery
Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
Parkholm Cemetery
Proviso Cemetery – Degener Farm
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
Silverman & Weiss
Swarzebach’s
Waldheim Cemetery
Waldheim Jewish Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
RICH TOWNSHIP South suburban
Rich Township began” on April 2, 1850.
Rich Township includes the Villages of Flossmoor, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, Tinley Park, Richton Park, and University Park
Coopers Grove Cemetery
Elliot Cemetery
Fair Oaks Park
Immanual Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Paul vangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Seiden Prairie
St. Anne Cemetery
Zion Church Cemetery
RICHTON PARK South Suburb
RIDGEVILLE (Now part of Evanston)
Ridgeville Cemetery
In addition, the following cemeteries and burial locations are in Evanston:
Calvary Cemetery
Indian Burial Mound
Indian Cemetery
Indian Grave – Deering Home
Indian Grave – Heck Hall
Indian Grave – Rood Building
Indian Grave – Sheppard
Indian Grave – Wellington Street Station
RIVER FOREST West Suburb about 9.8 miles west of Downtown Chicago
The earliest settlers can be traced to the Menominee, Chippewa and the Potawatomi Indians who settled along the Des Plaines River.In 1831, Bickerdike and Noble, a Chicago firm, built a sawmill just north of Lake Street on the east bank of the Des Plaines River .. The Village of River Forest was incorporated in 1880
RIVER FOREST TOWNSHIP West suburban
Village of River Forest –
There are no cemeteries within River Forest Township. The closest cemeteries are in Forest Park within Proviso Township. The major cemeteries nearby include:
Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Over 300 gates
Waldheim Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
RIVER GROVE
11.2 miles W/NW of Chicago
Elmwood Cemetery
St. Joseph Cemetery
RIVERDALE Far South Suburb
RIVERSIDE
10.6 miles SW of Chicago
RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP
Formed on September 24, 1870.
– North Riverside, Riverside West suburban
There are no cemeteries within Riverside Township. The closest cemeteries are in Forest Park within Proviso Township. The major cemeteries include Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery
Concordia Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Over 300 gates
Waldheim Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
ROBBINS Far South Suburb
ROGERS PARK TOWNSHIP
ROSELAND South Suburb
First Reformed Church of Roseland Cemetery
ROSEMONT (Formerly Orchard Place)
Northwest Suburb
All Saints Polish National Cemetery
SAG BRIDGE
(Also known as Lambert)
Closest Cemetery – Mt. Vernon
SAUK VILLAGE
(formerly New Strassburg)
South Suburb
St. James Cemetery
SCHAUMBURG Northwest Suburb
(Formerly Schween’s Grove)
Immanuel United Church Cemetery
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Rodenburg
St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery
SCHAUMBURG TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
Schaumburg, portions of the Villages of Elk Grove, Hoffman Estates, Hanover Park, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Streamwood Schaumburg Rodenburg, Roselle,
Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery (Also known as Greve)
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Rodenburg
St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery
SCHILLER PARK
13.5 miles NW of Chicago
Eden Memorial Park Cemetery
Robinson Family Burial Ground
SCHNELL’S CORNERS
(Now Elk Grove Village)
Rowe Farm Family Burying Ground
SKOKIE (Formerly Niles Center)
11.8 miles N/NW of Chicago
Memorial Park Cemetery
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery
St. Peter’s Ev & Ref. Church Cemetery (Now U.C.C)
SOUTH TOWNSHIP
All within the City of Chicago
Camp Douglas Cemetery
Common Burial Ground at Fort Dearborn
Indian Cemetery at Fort Dearborn
Lake & Wabash Burial Site
Massacre Site south of Fort Dearborn
South Side Cemetery
St. Mary’s Catholic Churchyard
Unknown Burial Site – 18th Street Chicago
Unknown Burial Site – Road to Bridgeport
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS South Suburb
SOUTH HOLLAND South Suburb
Oak Ridge Cemetery
STAPLE’S CORNERS Northwest of Chicago – Rand, Dundee area
Sutherland Cemetery, sometime referred to as Staples Cemetery or erroneously as Sayles Cemetery
STEGER South Suburb
Calvary Cemetery
STICKNEY
9 miles Southwest of Chicago
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
STICKNEY TOWNSHIP Southwest suburban
Formed from Lyons on May 3, 1901
City of Burbank, Villages of Bedford Park, Forest View, and Stickney
The only known cemetery in Stickney Township is Mt. Auburn Cemetery
STONE PARK
13.3 miles W of Chicago
STRASSBURG ( Now Sauk Village)
STREAMWOOD Northwest Suburb
German Evangelical Cemetery
SUMMIT Southwest Suburb – 9 miles SW of Downtown Chicago
named for its location on a rise between the Chicago and Des Plaines rivers–
There are no cemeteries in Summit but as many as 35 in the surrounding area. A few of the larger nearby cemeteries are.
Resurrection Cemetery 7201 Archer Rd, Justice, IL 60458 – (708) 458-4770
Bethania Cemetery Association 7701 Archer Rd, Justice, IL 60458 – (708) 458-2270
Lithuanian National Cemetery 8201 S Kean Ave, Justice, IL 60458 – (708) 458-0638
Mt Auburn Memorial Park 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402 – (708) 749-0022
Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens West 8301 Kean Ave, Hickory Hills, IL 60457 – (708) 839-8800
SWEDETOWN an area was bounded by 31st, Ogden, Lombard and Harlem. SEE Berwyn
TECHNY Northwest Suburb
St. Mary’s Mission Cemetery
TESSVILLE Now Lincolnwood, Il North suburb
New light Cemetery
THORNTON South Suburb
Mt. Forest Cemetery
Old Thornton Township Cemetery
THORNTON STATION See Homewood
THORNTON TOWNSHIP South suburban
Cities of Calumet City and Harvey. Villages of Burnham, Dixmoor, Dolton, East Hazel Crest, Homewood, Lansing, Phoenix, South Holland, and Thornton
Cemeteries include:
Mt. Forest Cemetery
Old Thornton Township Cemetery
First Reformed Church of Lansing Cemetery
Oak Glen Cemetery
Oak Ridge Cemetery
TINLEY PARK
First settlement about 1830, originally known as Bremen or New Bremen when it was established in 1853, changed to Tinley Park in 1892 in honor of Samuel Tinley, the community’s first railroad agent
23.5 Miles SW of Chicago
Bill Funks Cemetery
Coopers Grove Cemetery
Tinley Park Cemetery (Zion)
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Vogt Cemetery
Christ Lutheran Cemetery
Orland German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Orland Tinley Park Cemetery
Tinley Park Mental Health Cemetery
UNIVERSITY PARK
Founded 1967 Formerly Park Forest South
WEST TOWNSHIP
City of Chicago
Common Acre West Bank/North Branch of Chicago River
Seminary of the Sacred Heart Cemetery
WESTCHESTER
13.3 miles W/SW of Chicago
Closest major cemeteries near Westchester include Mount Carmel Catholic and Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemeteries
WESTERN SPRINGS Southwest Suburb
Lyonsville Congregational Church Cemetery
WHEELING Northwest Suburb
Grove – Kennicott Family Burying Ground
Wheeling Cemetery
WHEELING TOWNSHIP Northwest suburban
City of Prospect Heights, Villages of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Palatine, and Wheeling
Arlington Heights Cemetery
Kennicott Burial Ground
Lutheran Home & Service for the Aged Cemetery
Memory Gardens Cemetery
Randhill Park Cemetery
Shalom Memorial Park
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
St. Mary’s Training School Cemetery
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Wheeling Cemetery
WILDCAT GROVE (now Hoffman Estates)
Evangelical Cemetery (Greve)
WILLOW SPRINGS
15.5 mile SW of Chicago
Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens West
Willow Hills Memorial Park
WILMETTE
14 miles N of Chicago
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
WINNETKA
16.5 miles N of Chicago
Christ Church Cemetery
WORTH South Suburb
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
WORTH TOWNSHIP Southwest suburban
Alsip, Blue Island, Chicago Ridge, Crestwood, Evergreen Park, Hometown, Merrionette Park, Midlothian, Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Worth , City of Chicago, Cities of Blue Island, Hometown, and Palos Heights. Villages of Alsip, Chicago Ridge, Crestwood, Evergreen Park, Merrionette Park, Midlothian, Oak Lawn, and Worth.
Cemeteries within Worth Township include:
Beverly Cemetery of Beverly Memorial Park
Blue Island Cemetery
Burr Oak Cemetery
Chapel Hill Gardens – South
Ever Rest Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery at Blue Island
Hazel Green Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Lincoln Cemetery
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
Restvale Cemetery
Robinsons Grove Burying Ground
Sauerbier Family Burying Ground
Schroeder Cemetery
St. Benedict Cemetery of Blue Island
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Unknown Burial Site – Seyfarth Tavern
Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries 