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Cemeteries

Lea Sharp’s Index of Unrecorded Burials in Grundy County (4/11/02)

Cemeteries by Township

Cemetery Location Map

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Misc Two headstones from Coal City backyard donated to Grundy County Historical Society, Sep 2006
Anderson Cemetery [aka Barber, Bishop] S of Waupecan Rd; private property Section 13, Vienna Twp inactive [photos - complete]	Aux Sable Cemetery [aka Walley, Cryder] S end of Brown Rd, Minooka Section 18, Aux Sable Twp [partial]
Barner Cemetery⁶ E of Buffalo Rd, E bank of Waupecan Creek; private property Section 23, Vienna Twp inactive	Braceville-Gardner Cemetery [offsite link] [aka Augustine] E Division St & Braceville Rd Section 26, Braceville Twp Map to Cemetery [partial]
Bunch? Cemetery Section 22, Norman Twp inactive	Claypool Cemetery S of Conley Rd Section 20, Wauponsee Twp inactive [complete]
Cotton Cemetery [aka Braceville] S of Braceville Rd, N edge of Braceville Section 25, Braceville Twp inactive Map to Cemetery [complete]	Dresden Cemetery [aka Old St Mary's Catholic, St Anthony's] N side of Hansel Rd Section 23, Aux Sable Twp [complete]
Dresden Cholera Cemetery in a pasture NW of Dresden Cem, Hansel Rd Section 23, Aux Sable Twp inactive [complete]	Evergreen Cemetery [includes St George; aka Morris] 2 miles E of Court House, N side of Cemetery Rd Section 2, Morris Twp [in progress]
Gardner Prairie Lutheran Cemetery [aka Bethany Lutheran, Scully Prairie, Munson] E of Gorman Rd, SW of Gardner Section 32, Garfield Twp [complete]	Goodfarm Cemetery [aka Trinity Lutheran] N side of Stonewall Rd, 2 miles N of Dwight on Rt 47 Section 22, Goodfarm Twp [partial]
Harford Cemetery N of Grand Ridge Rd, Waupecan Creek bank, on private property Section 14, Vienna Twp inactive	Hatcher Cemetery Section 5, Erienna Twp [as per Lea Sharp: nothing found at the location of this cemetery] inactive
Hoge Cemetery behind Mt Carmel Cem at the bottom of the hill in NE corner, Old Stage Rd, Morris Section 7, Erienna Twp inactive [complete]	Hoge-Holderman Cemetery private property Section 22, Nettle Creek Twp inactive [complete]
Hollenbeck Cemetery⁶ E of Hog Run, S of ComEd right of way Section 33, Norman Twp inactive	Italian Cemetery was located 1 block N of Spring Rd, SE corner of Coal City Braceville Twp inactive
Lamb Property⁶ (name not verified - from an 1892 map) S of Goodfarm Rd, private property Section 21, Highland Twp inactive	Loughead's Cemetery [aka Nettle Creek, Cholera] private property, Section 17, Nettle Creek Twp inactive [complete]
Mazon Brookside Cemetery [aka Viner] corner of South St & Dwight Rd Section 21, Mazon Twp [complete]	Mt Carmel Cemetery N side of Old Stage Rd, Morris Section 7, Erienna Twp [partial]
Murray Cemetery was located in Section 23, Mazon Twp no longer in existence - inactive [graves moved to Old Mazon Cem in 1977]	Norman Cemetery S of DuPont Rd on W side of Gorham Rd, creek side Section 25, Norman Twp inactive [complete]
Old Catholic Cemetery [aka Catholic North] was in Section 27, Saratoga Twp no longer in existence - inactive [graves moved to Mt Carmel Cem]	Old Mazon Cemetery E side of Old Mazon Rd Section 26, Mazon Twp inactive [partial]
Reniff Cemetery W of Buffalo Rd, private property Section 22, Norman Twp inactive [complete]	St Mary's Catholic Cemetery NE corner Minooka & Ridge Rds, Minooka Section 1, Aux Sable Twp [partial]
Sample Cemetery N side of Southmor Rd Section 14, Wauponsee Twp [complete]	Saratoga Cemetery [aka Conklin, Osmonson] E side of Rt 47 Section 10, Saratoga Twp [complete]
Short Cemetery⁶ [aka Oak Ridge] S of Carper Rd near Erickson Rd Section 15, Goose Lake Twp inactive	Stevens Cemetery W of Kodat Rd, private property Section 30, Goodfarm Twp inactive [complete]
Ward Cemetery [aka Verona, Weldon] E side of Ward Rd Section 30, Mazon Twp [partial]	Weldon Cemetery Section 33, Vienna Twp Update 6/17/09: Weldon Cemetery does not exist anymore. There were four Weldon family members and three Indians buried at this cemetery. All of them were moved many years ago. John and Ellen Weldon are buried at Mt Carmel. inactive
Wheeler Cemetery S of Grinter Rd, E of Old Mazon Rd Section 35, Mazon Twp [partial]	White-Holderman Cemetery N of Collins Rd; private property Section 12, Goose Lake Twp inactive [complete]
Woodbury Cemetery⁶ W of Hog Run, N of ComEd right of way; private property Section 28, Norman Twp inactive [complete]	"Unknown/Unnamed" Cemetery Section 20, Maine Twp inactive