LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS CEMETERIES HISTORICAL LIST
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CEMETERY NAME | TOWNSHIP | SEC. | LOCATION | EST. |
Aarrowood Pet Cemetery (also see Willow Lawn Memorial Park) | Vernon | 9 | 24090 N Hwy 45 in Vernon Hills | 1961 |
Allendale School | Lake Villa | 32 | 600 W Grand Ave. in Lake Villa | Unknown |
Am Echod (borders Union) | Waukegan | 19 | 3050 Grand Ave. in Waukegan | Ca. 1916 |
Angola | Lake Villa | 4 | Rte. 83 south of Grand Ave. in Lake Villa | 1840 |
Ascension Catholic (aka Ascension) | Libertyville | 11 | 1920 Buckley Rd. in Libertyvillle | 1928 |
Avon Centre | Avon | 15 | 21300 W Shorewood Rd. in Grayslake | Ca. 1845 |
Benedictine Abbey | Antioch | 4 | east of Nelson Rd., 1/4 mile south of IL/WI state line | 1964 |
Bennett (private property – abandoned) | Ela | 18 | South side of Miller Rd. at Indian Trail Rd. in North Barrington, west of Lake Zurich | Bef. 1850 |
Benton Greenwood (aka Howe Family) | Benton | 30 | 39280 N Green Bay Rd. in Beach Park | 1845 |
Briggs Family (no longer exists) | Ela | 9 | N Midlothian Rd. near Echo Lake Rd. in Lake Zurich) | Ca. 1845 |
Cemetery of the Religious of the Sacred Heart (aka RSCJ, Barat College, & Seminary of the Sacred Heart) | Moraine | 4 | near Sherman Rd. north of E Westleight Rd. in Lake Forest | Ca. 1909 |
Cranberry Lake (no longer exists) | Avon | 28 | west side of Hainesville Rd., north of Rte. 120 on Cranberry Lake | Unknown |
Daggitt (aka Grace & Braeside) | Moraine | 36 | 425 Lake Cook Rd. in Highland Park | 1845 |
Deerfield | West Deerfield | 33 | S Waukegan Rd & Central Ave in Deerfield | 1853 |
Devine Family (no longer exists) | Newport | 26 | northwest corner of Sec., west side of Kilbourne Rd., north of Wadsworth Rd. | Bef. 1861 |
Diamond Lake | Vernon | 5 | 1257 Townline Rd. in Mundelein | Ca. 1842 |
Druce Family | Avon | 24 | W. Washington St & Mainsail Dr. in Third Lake | 1842 |
East Fox Lake (aka Fox Lake & Monaville) | Lake Villa | 7 | W Old Monaville Rd., east of Fairfield Rd. in Lake Villa | 1855 |
Edwards Family (no longer exists) | Avon | 15 | northwest of Avon Centre Cemetery | Unknown |
Fairfield (aka Fairfield-English) | Ela | 10 | 24375 N Quentin Rd. in Forest Lake | 1853 |
Fisher Family | Wauconda | 9 | 30830 Fisher Rd. west of Volo | 1854 |
Fort Hill (borders St. Joseph Catholic) | Avon | 31 | Rte. 120, east of Fairfield Rd. in Round Lake | 1847 |
Fort Sheridan National (administered by Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL) | Moraine | 10 | Vattman Rd. near 401 Sheridan Rd. in Highland Park | 1889 |
Garwood Family (no longer exists) | Antioch | 14 | south side of Rte. 173, southwest of southern tip of Channel Lake | Bef. 1885 |
Garwood Family (no longer exists) | Avon | 16 | west end of Shorewood Rd. | Unknown |
Grant (aka Shepherd’s Burying Ground) | Grant | 26 | 26730 W Molidor Rd. in Ingleside | 1845 |
Grass Lake | Antioch | 26 | 26410 W. Grass Lake Rd. | 1875 |
Grayslake | Avon | 35 | S. Lake St. north of Rte. 120 in Grayslake | 1847 |
Gridley Family | Vernon | 7 | Rte. 83 north of Gilmer Rd., back off the road on little hill surrounded by an iron fence in Vernon Hills | 1841 |
Hickory (no longer exists – bodies moved to Hickory Union) | Antioch | 13 | southwest of Rte. 173 & Rte. 45 in Hickory Corners | Unknown |
Hickory Union | Antioch | 12 | 19300 W Edwards Rd. | 1858 |
Highland Memorial Park | Warren | 29 | 33100 N Hunt Club Rd. in Libertyville | 1965 |
Hillside (borders Mount Carmel) | Antioch | 26 | Hillside Ave. & Rte. 173 in Antioch | 1875 |
Hillside East | Antioch | 9 | 430 East Depot St. in Antioch, just west of Deep Lake Rd. | Ca. 2004 |
Holcomb Family (no longer exists – moved to Ivanhoe) | Libertyville | 19 | southwest corner of Sec. on township line | Bef. 1861 |
Home Oaks (aka Oakland) | Lake Villa | 27 | 39923 Deep Lake Rd. in Lake Villa | 1846 |
Hope Grove (aka Shaw Family) | Wauconda | 3 | in field located southwest corner of Rte. 120 and Wilson Rd. | 1847 |
Ivanhoe | Fremont | 22 | 21150 IL-176 in Mundelein | 1841 |
Knopf (Kingswood United Methodist Church) | Vernon | 32 | 20685 Arlington Heights Rd. in Buffalo Grove | 1855 |
Lake County Poor Farm | Libertyville | 16 | 500 W Winchester Rd. in Libertyville | 1923 |
Lake Forest (borders St. Mary) | Shields | 28 | 1525 N Lake Rd. in Lake Forest | 1859 |
Lake Mound | Zion | 27 | southeast corner of Sheridan Rd. and 29th St. in Zion | 1860 |
Lake Zurich | Ela | 17 | N Midlothian Rd. south of N Echo Lake Rd. in Lake Zurich | 1901 |
Lakeside | Libertyville | 16 | 600 Lake St. in Libertyville | 1843 |
Long Grove | Vernon | 30 | Robert Parker Coffin Rd. north of Rte. 53 in Long Grove | 1847 |
Millburn | Newport | 31 | 18577 W Millburn Rd., east of Millburn | 1861 |
Mooney (borders St. Mary) | Moraine | 27 | 1087 Ridge Rd. in Highland Park | 1907 |
Mount Carmel (borders Hillside Cemetery) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Antioch | 7 | Hillside Ave. & Harden St. in Antioch | 1902 |
Mount Olivet (no longer exists – closed in 1958. Burials were relocated to either St. Mary’s in Waukegan or Ascension) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville) | Waukegan | 29 | Dugdale Rd south of Rte. 120 & east of Green Bay Rd. in Waukegan | Ca. 1846 |
Mount Olivet Memorial Park | Benton | 18 | 1436 Kenosha Rd. in Zion | 1903 |
Mount Rest | Newport | 9 | 42405 US Hwy 41 in Wadsworth | 1844 |
Mount Saint Joseph | Ela | 7 | 24955 N U.S. Hwy. 12 in Lake Zurich | Ca. 1927 |
New Gracanica Servian Orthodox (aka Most Holy Mother of God Monastery) | Avon | 13 | Sunshine Ave. west of Rte. 45 in Third Lake | Ca. 1976 |
Northshore Garden of Memories | Waukegan | 31 | 1801 Green Bay Rd. in North Chicago | 1917 |
Oakdale | Newport | 12 | south side 9th St., west of Green Bay Rd. near Trumpet Rd. in Wadsworth | 1847 |
Oakwood (borders Saint Mary’s) | Waukegan | 28 | east side of S Genesee St. near 9th St. in Waukegan | 1830 |
Pahlman Family (status unknown) | Ela | 26 | North of Middleton Dr., north of Andover Rd. in Kildeer | Ca. 1900 |
Pine View Memorial Park | Benton | 33 | 10750 W Beach Rd. in Beach Park | 1913 |
Sand Lake | Lake Villa | 3 | 21349 Grave Ave. in Lake Villa | 1846 |
Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint Sava (aka Saint Sava) | Warren | 33 | 32377 IL-21 north of Libertyville | Ca. 1932 |
Slocum Family | Wauconda | 28 | southwest corner of Rte. 176 and Darrell Rd. | 1838 |
St. Anne’s (no longer exists – established in 1844, abandoned in 1859 – property deeded out in 1916 and five bodies moved to St. Mary and Union of Waukegan) | Shields | 17 | unknown location near the Dwyer Settlement, now the area of the Lake Bluff Elementary School on Green Bay Rd. | 1844 |
St. Bede Catholic (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Grant | 12 | E Grand Ave. & N Wilson Rd. in Ingleside | 1872 |
St. Joseph Catholic (borders Fort Hill) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Avon | 31 | Rte. 120, east of Fairfield Rd. in Round Lake | 1921 |
St. Mary (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Vernon | 33 | 10 N Buffalo Grove Rd. in Buffalo Grove | 1875 |
St. Mary (aka Saint Mary’s Catholic) (borders Mooney) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville, IL) | Moraine | 27 | Ridge Rd. across from Westgate Terr. in Highland Park | 1840 |
St. Mary Catholic (aka Saint Mary of the Annunciation) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Fremont | 16 | 22333 W Erhart Rd. in Fremont Center | 1865 |
St. Mary Catholic (borders Lake Forest) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Shields | 15 | (Spruce Ave. east of Sheridan Rd. in Lake Forest | 1876 |
St. Mary Catholic (borders Oakwood) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Waukegan | 28 | 801 S Genesee St. near 8th St. in Waukegan | Ca. 1873 |
St. Mary Catholic 1865-1885 (no longer exists – bodies moved to new site on south side of Erhart Rd. next to new church between 1885 and 1900.) | Fremont | 21 | northwest corner of Fremont Center Road & Rte. 176 – intersection no longer exists | 1865 |
St. Mary of the Lake Seminary (aka Mundelein Seminary, Our Lady of the Lake Seminary | Libertyville | 19 | East entrance off Rte. 45, on University Dr. across from the Faculty Residence in Mundelein | Ca. 1920s |
St. Matthew Lutheran Church | Ela | 10 | 24500 N Old McHenry Rd. in Hawthorn Woods | 1863 |
St. Patrick (aka Saint Patrick Catholic) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | West Deerfield | 7 | Telegraph Rd. south of Everett Rd. in Lake Forest | 1840 |
St. Patrick’s (aka Mill Creek, Saint Patrick Catholic, Saint Patrick) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Newport | 16 | east side of N Mill Creek Rd. in Wadsworth | 1849 |
St. Paul (St. Paul United Church of Christ) | Cuba | 36 | East Main St. east of Rte. 14 in Barrington | 1863 |
St. Peter Catholic (aka Saint Peter, Saint Peter’s) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Wauconda | 3 | 27551 Volo Village Rd. in Volo | Ca. 1885 |
Swan Family | Fremont | 11 | north side of W Winchester Rd., 1/2 mile east of Rte. 83) | 1841 |
Transfiguration Catholic (original location of St. Johns Mission log church before moving to Wauconda) (administered by Ascension Cemetery in Libertyville IL) | Fremont | 30 | (Rte. 176 across the Lakewood Forest Preserve) | 1856 |
U.S. Naval (aka Great Lakes Naval Base) | Shields | 4 | 530 Farragut Ave. B in Great Lakes | 1913 |
Union (aka Spaulding Corner – borders Am Echod) | Waukegan | 18 | 3120 Grand Ave. in Waukegan | ?1841 |
Unknown Catholic name (no longer exists – bodies moved to Mooney) | West Deerfield | 26 | southeast corner of Green Bay Rd. & Lincoln Ave. in Highland Park. Was next to the first mission church in the area. Mission replaced by permanent parish, cemetery forgotten. 80 years later was rediscovered by city when construction of Lincoln Park. | |
Unknown name (no longer exists – bodies moved to Hillside after 1907) | Antioch | 7 | east side of Rte. 59, just south of Rte. 173 | |
Unknown name (no longer exists – bodies moved to Millburn) | Lake Villa | 36 | northeast corner of Sec., between Rte. 45 and township line | |
Unknown name (no longer exists – most bodies moved to Lake Mound) | Benton | 33 | northeast corner of Sec., west side of Sheridan Rd., on south bank of creek | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Avon | 27 | “East of Gooding’s house” | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Benton | 3 | 1/2 mile from IL-WI state line, just east of the Chicago & Northwestern RR tracks | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Benton | 3 or 4 | “North of Winthrop Harbor” | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Cuba | 13 | (north of Honey Lake | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Cuba | 21 | northeast corner of Sec., near Kelsey School | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Cuba | 21 | southeast quarter of Sec. | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Cuba | 36 | northeast of Barrington | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Cuba | 24 | possibly Sec. 24, “near Chungs Creek” – creek crosses Rte. 22 east of Rte. 59 | |
Unknown name (no longer exists) | Ela | 34 | south side of Long Grove Rd., west of Rand Rd. on Graver family property | |
Vernon Township (aka Half Day) | Vernon | 15 | 15215 Cemetery Rd. in Lincolnshire | 1835 |
Volo | Wauconda | 3 | N Fox Lake Rd., north of Volo Village Rd. in Volo | 1835 |
Warren | Warren | 16 | 1475 N Cemetery Rd. in Gurnee | 1846 |
Wauconda (bodies were transferred from old burying ground which became the Wauconda Academy on Maple St.) | Wauconda | 25, 26, 35 & 36 | Barrington Rd. south of Rte. 176 in Wauconda | 1850 |
Weiss Family (no longer exists) | Avon | 28 | “In the woods on Weiss property” | Unknown |
White Memorial | Cuba | 26 | 26361 W Cuba Rd in Barrington | 1855 |
Willow Lawn Memorial Park | Vernon | 9 | 24090 N Hwy. 45 in Vernon Hills) | 1964 |