This list of cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. Cook County includes the city of Chicago. It does not include pet cemeteries.
Name | Location | Established | Type | Coordinates | Notes | |
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Acacia Park Cemetery | 7800 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago | 1922 | Masonic | 41.9544°N -87.8236°W | ||
Alexander Cemetery | ||||||
All Saints Catholic Cemetery | 700 North River Road, Des Plaines | 1923 | 42.0622°N -87.893°W | |||
All Saints Polish National Catholic Cemetery | 9201 West Higgins, Chicago | 1895 | ||||
Altenheim | 7824 Madison, Forest Park | [1] | ||||
Alton Cemetery | ||||||
American Progressive Cemetery | Forest Park Waldheim Gate #126 | 1918 | Jewish | |||
Andreas von Zirngibl grave | 93rd and Ewing, Midwest Metal Mgmt, Chicago | 1855 | ||||
Anshe Luknik Cemetery | Forest Park Waldheim Gate #57 | 1908 | Jewish | |||
Archer Woods Cemetery (Mt. Glenwood West) | 8301 Kean Ave, Willow Springs | |||||
Arlington Heights Cemetery (Wheeling Twnshp) | Arlington Heights | |||||
Assumption Cemetery | 19500 Cottage Grove Ave, Glenwood | |||||
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery | Bachelor Grove Woods, near Midlothian | 1844 | ||||
Baker-Johnson Cemetery | ||||||
Barrington Center Cemetery (Miller's Grove) | Barrington Hills | 1834 | ||||
Barrington Union Cemetery (Henry Smith) | Barrington Hills | |||||
Bartlett Cemetery | Bartlett | 1892 | ||||
Beebs Grove Cemetery | ||||||
Berger Cemetery | Dolton | 1854 | ||||
Beth Jacob (Kehilath Jacob Anshe Drohiczen) | Niles | |||||
Bethania Cemetery | Archer Avenue, Justice | 1894 | Lutheran | [2] | ||
Bethany Cemetery | Lemont | |||||
Bethel Cemetery | 5736 N. Pulaski, Chicago | Jewish | [3] | |||
Beverly Cemetery | Blue Island | |||||
Bill Funks Cemetery | Tinley Park | Potter's Field | ||||
Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery (also known as First Presbyterian) | Chicago Heights | 1843 | ||||
Bloomvale Cemetery | Chicago Heights | |||||
Blue Island Cemetery | Blue Island | In Memorial Park | ||||
Bluff City Cemetery | Elgin | |||||
Bohemian National Cemetery | 5255 North Pulaski, Chicago | 1877 | primarily Czech | [4] | ||
Bowen Memorial Garden (Kenilworth Union Churchyard) | Evanston area | |||||
Brown Family Cemetery | Lemont | 1884 | ||||
Burr Oak Cemetery | Alsip | African-American | ||||
Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery | ||||||
Cady Cemetery | Inverness | |||||
Calvary (Steger) | Steger | 1907 | ||||
Calvary Cemetery | Evanston | 1859 | Catholic | [5] | ||
Cedar Park Cemetery | Calumet Park | |||||
Chapel Hills Gardens South | Alsip | |||||
Charity Cemetery | ||||||
Chicago and Suburban Cemetery (formerly for Menorah Gardens) | ||||||
Christ Church Churchyard | Evanston area | |||||
Christ Lutheran Cemetery | Orland Park | |||||
Church of the Holy Comforter | Kenilworth | |||||
Circle of Life Cemetery | Inverness | |||||
Concordia Cemetery | Forest Park | 1872 | Lutheran | |||
Congregation Betheran Hamedrash Hockoodosh Cemetery | Forest Park Waldheim Gate #26 | 1894 | Jewish | |||
Cook County Cemetery at Dunning | Chicago | Potter's field | [6] | |||
Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent | Oak Forest | |||||
Couch Mausoleum (City Cemetery) | Chicago | [7] | ||||
Dalton Cemetery | ||||||
Danish Cemetery | Lemont | |||||
Deer Grove Cemetery | Inverness | |||||
DesPlaines Cemetery | ||||||
Dewes Cemetery | Glenview | |||||
Douglas Monument Park | Chicago | [8] | ||||
East Wheeling Cemetery | ||||||
Eden Memorial Park | Schiller Park | |||||
Elk Grove Cemetery | Elk Grove Village | |||||
Elliott Cemetery | Harvey area | |||||
Elmwood Cemetery | 2905 Thatcher Road, River Grove | |||||
English Cemetery | Arlington Heights area | |||||
Evenezer Cemetery | ||||||
Ever Rest Cemetery (historical) | Blue Island area | |||||
Evergreen Cemetery | Evergreen Park | |||||
Evergreen Cemetery | Barrington | |||||
Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park | Willow Springs | |||||
Fairview Memorial Park | Northlake | 1925 | ||||
First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery | Alsip | |||||
First Reformed Cemetery | ||||||
First Reformed of Lansing Cemetery | Lansing | |||||
Forest Home Cemetery | Forest Park | 1876 | ||||
Forest Park Cemetery | ||||||
Franciscan Cemetery | ||||||
German Cemetery | Palatine area | |||||
German Lutheran Cemetery | ||||||
Glen Flora Cemetery | ||||||
Glen Oak Cemetery | Hillside | [9] | ||||
Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery | Orland Park | |||||
Graceland Cemetery | 4001 North Clark Street, Chicago | 1860 | [10] | |||
Grayson Cemetery | ||||||
Greve Cemetery | Hoffman Estates | |||||
Hazel Green Cemetery | Alsip | |||||
Hillside Cemetery | Palatine | |||||
Holy Cross Cemetery | 801 Michigan City Rd, Calumet City | 1893 | ||||
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery | 6001 West 111th Street, Worth | 1923 | ||||
Homewood Memorial Gardens | Thornton | |||||
Hoosier Grove Immanuel Cemetery | Streamwood | |||||
Immaculate Conception Monastery Cemetery | Chicago | |||||
Immanuel Lutheran (Richton Park) | Richton Park | |||||
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery | Westchester | |||||
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery | 1214 Rand Rd, Des Plaines | 1875 | Lutheran | |||
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (Glenview) | Glenview | |||||
Immanuel Lutheran, St. Paul's UCC, Union Cem | Palatine | |||||
Irving Park Cemetery | 7777 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago | 1918 | ||||
Jewish Graceland (Hebrew Benevolent) | Chicago | 1851 | Jewish | [11] | ||
LaGrange Cemetery (formerly Parkholm) | Berwyn area | |||||
Lake Street / Lakewood Memorial Park | near Elgin | |||||
Lincoln Cemetery | 11900 Kedzie Ave, Blue Island | 1911 | ||||
Lithuanian National Cemetery | Justice | 1911 | primarily Lithuanian | [12] | ||
Lutheran Home Cemetery | Arlington Heights | |||||
Lyonsville Cemetery | Indian Head Park | |||||
Mary Hill Cemetery | 8600 Milwaukee Ave, Niles | 1959 | ||||
Memorial Cemetery | Tinley Park | 1858 | ||||
Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum | 9900 Gross Point Rd, Skokie | |||||
Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum | 9900 Gross Point Rd, Skokie | |||||
Memory Gardens Cemetery | 2501 E. Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights | |||||
Menorah Gardens | Broadview | |||||
Montrose Cemetery | 5400 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago | 1902 | [13] | |||
Mount Auburn Memorial Park | 4101 Oak Park Ave, Berwyn | |||||
Mount B'Nai B'Rith Cemetery | Chicago | |||||
Mount Carmel Cemetery | 1400 S. Wolf Rd, Hillside | 1901 | primarily Italian Catholic | |||
Mount Forest Cemetery | Thornton | |||||
Mount Glenwood Cemetery | Thornton | |||||
Mount Greenwood Cemetery | 2900 W 111th Street, Chicago | Nondenominational | [14] | |||
Mount Hope (St. John's U.C.C.) | Palatine | |||||
Mount Hope Cemetery | 11500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago | 1865 | Nonsectarian | [15] | ||
Mount Hope Cemetery | Elgin | |||||
Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery | 6758 W Addison St, Chicago | |||||
Mount Mayriv Cemetery | 3600 N. Narragansett, Chicago | |||||
Mount Olive Cemetery | 3800 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago | 1889 | ||||
Mount Olivet Cemetery | 2755 West 111th St., Chicago | 1855 | Catholic | |||
Mount Vernon Memorial Park | Lemont | |||||
New German Evangelical Zion Cemetery | Richton Park | |||||
New Light Cemetery | 6807 N East Prairie Rd, Lincolnwood | 1895 | Jewish | [16] | ||
North Northfield Cemetery | Northbrook | |||||
Northfield Oak Wood Cemetery | Glenview | |||||
Northfield Union Cemetery | Northbrook | |||||
Norwood Park Home Cemetery | Niles | |||||
Oak Glen Lutheran Cemetery | Lansing | |||||
Oak Hill Cemetery | Palos Park | |||||
Oak Hill Cemetery | 11900 Kedzie Ave, Blue Island | |||||
Oak Ridge Cemetery | Westchester | |||||
Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lansing) | Lansing | |||||
Oakland Memory Lanes | 15200 Lincoln Ave, Dolton | |||||
Oakridge Cemetery | 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside | |||||
Oakwoods Cemetery | 1035 E. 67th Street, Chicago | 1853 | ||||
Old German Methodist Cemetery | Orland Park | |||||
Old Settlers Cemetery (Bohlander) | Berkeley | |||||
Orland Memorial Park (Cooper Cem.) | Orland Park | |||||
Our Lady of Sorrows Slovak Cemetery | Hillside | 1923 | ||||
Parkholm Cemetery | 2501 N La Grange Rd, La Grange Park | |||||
Queen of Heaven Cemetery | 1400 S Wolf Rd, Hillside | 1947 | Catholic | |||
Randhill Park Cemetery | Arlington Heights | |||||
Restvale Cemetery | Alsip | |||||
Resurrection Cemetery | 7201 Archer Road, Justice | 1907 | Catholic | [17] | ||
Richton Cemetery (Christian Fellowship Churchyard) | Richton Park | |||||
Ridgelawn Cemeteries | 5736 N. Pulaski, Chicago | 1895 | ||||
Ridgewood Cemetery | Glenview | |||||
Robinson Family Burial Ground | Norridge | |||||
Rosehill Cemetery | 5800 N. Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago | 1859 | ||||
Rosemont Cemetery | Chicago | |||||
Sacred Heart Cemetery | Palos Hills | |||||
Sacred Heart Cemetery | Northbrook | |||||
St. Adalbert Cemetery | 6800 Milwaukee Ave, Niles | 1872 | primarily Polish Catholic | [18] | ||
Saint Alphonsus | Lemont | |||||
Saint Anne Catholic Cemetery | Park Forest | 1865 | ||||
Saint Benedict Cemetery | 4600 West 135th St, Crestwood | 1885 | ||||
Saint Boniface Cemetery | 4901 N. Clark Street, Chicago | 1863 | primarily German Catholic | [19] | ||
Saint Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery | 4401 West 111th St, Chicago | 1903 | ||||
Saint Gabriel Cemetery | Oak Forest | 1913 | ||||
Saint Henry Cemetery | Chicago | 1863 | Catholic, churchyard | 41.9977°N -87.6784°W | [20] | |
Saint James at Sag Bridge Catholic Church | Sag Bridge, Lemont | 1837 | Catholic | [21] | ||
Saint James Cemetery (Sauk Village) | Sauk Village | 1847 | Catholic | [22] | ||
Saint John Cemetery (Arlington Hts) | Arlington Heights | |||||
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery | Schaumburg | |||||
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery | Hodgkins | |||||
Saint Johns Cemetery | Country Club Hills | 1850 | ||||
Saint Johns Cemetery (Glenview) | Glenview | |||||
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery | River Grove | 1904 | ||||
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery (Wilmette) | Wilmette | 1843 | ||||
Saint Luke Cemetery | Chicago | |||||
Saint Marys Cemetery | Evergreen Park | 1888 | Catholic | [23] | ||
Saint Marys Cemetery | Des Plaines | |||||
Saint Marys Cemetery (Divine Word) | Northbrook | |||||
Saint Matthews Lutheran Cemetery | Lemont | |||||
Saint Matthews Lutheran Cemetery | Niles | |||||
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery | 1185 West Algonquin Rd, Palatine | 1958 | ||||
Saint Nicholas Cemetery | 8901 W Higgins Rd. Chicago | |||||
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery | Matteson | |||||
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery | Mount Prospect | |||||
Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery | Flossmoor | |||||
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery | Skokie | |||||
Saint Peter | Northbrook | |||||
Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery | 8115 Niles Center Rd, Skokie | 1863 | Catholic | [24] | ||
Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery | Schaumburg | |||||
Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery | Arlington Heights | |||||
Saint Peters United Church of Christ Cemetery | Skokie | |||||
Saints Cyril and Methodius | Lemont | |||||
Salem Cemetery | Palatine | |||||
Sauerbier – Burkhardt Cemetery | Crestwood | [25] | ||||
Shalom Memorial Park Jewish Funeral Home | 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights | |||||
Sunset Memorial Lawns | 3100 Shermer Rd, Northbrook | |||||
Sutherland (Sayles) Cemetery | Palatine | 1840 | ||||
Thornton Township Cemetery | Thornton | |||||
Town of Maine Cemetery | Park Ridge | |||||
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery | Tinley Park | |||||
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery | Willow Springs | |||||
Union Ridge Cemetery | 6700 W Higgins A, Chicago | 1841 | ||||
German Waldheim Cemetery (Forest Home) | Forest Park | 1873 | Non-religious specific | |||
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (central div.) | 1400 S. Des Plaines, Forest Park | [26] | ||||
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (East) | Forest Park | [27] | ||||
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (West, incl. Joseph and Sons Inc.) | Berwyn area | [28] | ||||
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries – Free Sons of Israel Cemetery | Berwyn area | 1874 | [29] | |||
Washington Memorial Gardens | Thornton | |||||
Westlawn Cemetery | Chicago | 1937 | Jewish | |||
Wheeling Cemetery | Wheeling | |||||
Wolfrum Cemetery | Rolling Meadows | [30] | ||||
Woodlawn Cemetery | 7600 Cermak Rd, Forest Park | [31] | ||||
Wunders Cemetery | Chicago | 1859 | German Protestant | [32] | ||
Zion Cemetery | Tinley Park | |||||
Zion Lutheran Cemetery | Matteson |