Cemeteries

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Cemetery Name	Other Names	Latitude	Longitude	Township Located In	Other Information
A.M.E. (Afro-American)	Bethal			East Brooklyn	From Brookport turn left from Hwy 45 onto 425N go 2/10 mi on left.
Aikins	Twiliger	371120N	0884806W	Grant	Cook Coal Terminal Property
Allard		370716N	0883617W		From Brookport take Unionville Rd. to Unionville. Turn right on first dirt rd. to to the end. Cem is on right behind barn thru ditch on the hill with a metal fence around it. Only 1 stone found.
Anderson	Boaz			Logan	located at Anderson Congregational Church on Boaz Road just north of Illinois Route 169 near Karnak
Anderson	Brown or Boot Hill or Wilkins			Metropolis
Armstrong		371426N	0884035W	Washington	From intersection 100N & 1400E go north on 1400E about 2/10 mi - 200 yards to the left.
Baggett	Hillerman Landing			Hillerman	river completely eroded away ca 1970's
Bailey Field	Bailey or Steele			East Brooklyn	At intersection 1900E & 700N go west on 700E about ¼ mi on left.
Barnes	Midway or Saint Stephens			Washington	Lutheran German Church
Barrett		371205N	0883315W	Washington	Take intersection 970N & 2000E go south on 2000E to 2nd field, turn onto old abandoned road into woods. Go about 8/10 mi to a T. Turn right 1/10 mi on right.
Berry				East/West Brooklyn	Take Hwy 45 to Hwy 145. Go north to Powers Church Rd (800N) and make a right. Go about 5 miles to the T at Road 1900E, turn right. On left in fence row, up a steep bank about ½ mi. On the Berry farm (private property).
Bethel	A.M.E	370803N	0883807W	East Brookport	From Brookport turn left from Hwy 45 onto 425N go 2/10 mi on left.
Bigbey (Bigley?)	Morrison	371020N	0883525W	Jackson	At intersection 600N & 2100E go north on 2100E about 7/10 mi, left onto dirt road to the end. Has been vandalized.
Blankenship				Jackson
Boaz	Anderson			Logan	Located near Karnak; was a small town
Bonifield				Grant	At intersection 990N & 875E go north 3/10 mi. Located on right about ½ mi in woods. A lot of headstones are missing.
Boot Hill	Wilkins or Brown or Anderson			Benton
Boyd	Mathis or Washington			Grant	From Massac Gun & Bow Club on 960N go 6/10 mi and when road turns left and starts downhill there is a lane to the right. Cemetery is at the top of hill.
Brookport	Irvin	370733N?	0883416W?	East/West Brooklyn
Brookport		370733N?	0883416W?	Jackson
Brown	Enloe			Grant	North Ave. north to Country Club left, about ½ mi on right
Brown	Anderson or Boot Hill or Wilkins			Metropolis
Bryan				Washington	At intersection of 1000N & 1700E go left on 1000N about 9/10 mi. In pasture behind old brick home. Damaged by cows.
Bumgardner Cemetery		371152N	0884343W
Bumgardner New	Davidson New			Metropolis	On North Avenue just past Massac Memorial Gardens
Bumgardner Old	Davidson			Metropolis	On North Avenue just past Massac Memorial Gardens
Burnham Cemetery		371856N	0884750W
Buzzard Roost	Tindall or Old Hall			Jackson	At the interseftion 825N & 1900E go eat on 825N about 4/10 mi up dirt road on left. Named after 1st Masonic Hall in Metropolis that later burned. Vandals took many stones and dropped in a cistern that was later filled with dirt and the stones not recovered.
Buzzard Roost Cemetery		371138N	0883446W
Cagle	Walnut Ridge or Samoth	371952N	0884707W	George's Creek	located near Grantsburg
Canaan	Cannon	371654N	0883837W	Benton	located near Pope County line on road to Temple Hill
Cannon	Canaan			Benton	located near Pope County line on road to Temple Hill
Carr Cemetery		371906N	0884637W
Chadwick					located across from Waldo Church
Choat	Hughey			Grant	At intersection 975N & 825E go south on 825E about 2/10 mi on right bside the road.
Chosen Friends	I.O.O.F (1850)			Metropolis	located on North Ave. on left just pas Marberry Dr.
Clendenon Cemetery		371859N	0884707W
Cooper				Washington
Copeland (or Copland)		371441N	0885449W	Hillerman	On private property. From Hillerman Store continue west to 100E, turn right and almost immediately turn left into a gated field. Up the hill behind the barn to the right.
Copley					Private cemetery on Wilber Arnesman farm.
Crim	Sub Crim			Grant	On Cook Coal Terminal property.
Crossland (Afro-American)	Union			Logan	From Boaz turn left at Anderson Church to first road to right. This road will turn right then left. There will be a lane to cemetery on left.
Crow				Washington	At intersection 1200N & 1625E go north on 1625E about ½ mi to old dirt road on right leading to cemetery.
Curtis Cemetery		371941N	0884832W
Daniel, Ned	McHenry			George's Creek	At intersection 1700N & 725E go north on 725E about 3/10 miles. Located in a field in a woods on the right. Partly fenced around.
Dassing				Jackson	Coming from Brookport on Unionville Rd., to to stop sign at Unionville. Continue further on Unionville Road 1 mi. Turn left onto Kickasola Rd. Go ¼ mi and turn left into gravel lane. Cemetery is at end of the lane.
Davidson New	Bumgardner New			Metropolis	On North Avenue just past Massac Memorial Gardens
Davidson Old	Bumgardner			Metropolis	On North Avenue just past Massac Memorial Gardens
Dean	Walton			Grant	In the middle of a field.
Douglas		371111N	0883613W	Jackson	Road to cemetery between section 24 and 30.
Dugger Cemetery				Jackson	Coming from Brookport on Unionville Road, go to stop sign at Unionville. Turn left at Unionville, onto Mt. Sterling Rd. Go abt ¼ mi. Turn right into gravel lane. Cemetery at end of lane.
Dye				Washington	At intersection 1700E & 1000N go south on 1700E about 3/10 mi on left. In woods behind farm house.
Emmerson	Emerson			Washington	North of Peck Cem. No tombstones left in 1992. Recorded in 1973.
English				George's Creek	At intersection 1700N & 800E go north on 800E about 200 hards on right just inside the woods.
Enloe	Brown or Leek			Grant	North Ave. north to Country Club left, about ½ mi on right
Evers
Farris	Old Staton			George's Creek	Across from New Columbia Masonic cemetery in the field
Faughn					1100N &1450E, go 2/10 of a mi south - in the field
Flannery				Benton
Fritts		370839N	0883106W	Jackson	Coming from Brookport on Unionville Rd. go to stop sign at Unionville. Turn left at onto Mt. Sterling Road. Go to 2nd intersection which is about 1 ½ mi. Turn right onto Independence Rd., Go through 1st intersection which is Kickasola Rd. Continue on Independence Rd for about ½ mi. Cemetery is on the right side of the road at top of hill about 15' from the road.
Frocklin				Benton	a long walk and hard to find. Located in woods in southeast corner of intersection 1310N & 1450E. Find drainage ditch, follow till it forks, take right fork to the top of the hill.
Garrett				Washington
Geneva				George's Creek
German Saint Johns	Saint Johns Lutheran			West Brooklyn
German Saint Stephens	Saint Stephens Lutheran or Midway or Barnes			West Brooklyn
German Second				Metropolis	In I.O.O.F. cemetery, the German section.
German Zion	Hausman			West Brooklyn
Golightly	Riepe	371311N	0883435W	Washington	Intersection of 1940E & 950E go north on 950N about 8/10 mi. Then turn right on dirt road about 9/10 mi on left. Rumored that tombstones were removed at one time.
Goodman Chapel				George's Creek	Belknap area
Grand Chain
Gray				Hillerman
Gurley	Richardson			Benton	At intersection 1250E & 1375N go west on 1350N about 1/10 mi. On right behind farm house on hilltop.
Hall	Old Hall or Tindall			Jackson	At the interseftion 825N & 1900E go eat on 825N about 4/10 mi up dirt road on left. Named after 1st Masonic Hall in Metropolis that later burned. Vandals took many stones and dropped in a cistern that was later filled with dirt and the stones not recovered.
Hausman	Zion			Benton	Metropolis
Hebron (Afro-American)				Benton	near Pope county
Helmantoler					at intersection of Hwy 145 and Boot Hill Cemetery
Hillerman				Hillerman
Hillerman Landing	Baggett			Hillerman	river completely eroded away ca 1970's
Hitchcock		371332N	0885437W	Hillerman	Metropolis
Hitterman	Kennedy			Washington	Hwy 145N, just past Powers Church, take the first little gravel road to the left. When you get back to a very sharp corner to the right, the cem sits right on the right. Headstones in a pile to make moving easier.
Holt				Benton	No further information.
Houghlin				Benton	No furhter information.
Howard (Afro-American)		370641N	0883005W	Jackson	Has been vandalized but remains in use.
Hughey	Choat			Grant	At intersection 975N & 825E go south on 825E about 2/10 mi on right bside the road.
I.O.O.F (1850)	Chosen Friends			Metropolis	located on North Ave. on left just pas Marberry Dr.
I.O.O.F. First				Hillerman	located outside Joppa
I.O.O.F. II	Thompson			Hillerman	located in Joppa
Irvin	Brookport			East/West Brooklyn	No further information.
Jeans				Hillerman	No further information.
Johnson					within Massac City
Johnson		371150N	0883747W	George's Creek	near Belknap
Joppa	Morris			Hillerman	listed as 2 separate cemeteries in some places
Keckolie	Waddlington or Kickasola	370656N	0883123W	Jackson
Kennedy	Hitterman	371155N	0884117W	Washington	Hwy 145N, just pas Powers Church, take the first little gravel road to the left. When you get back to a very sharp corner to the right, the cem sits right on the right. Headstones in a pile to make moving easier.
Kickasola	Waddlington or Keckolie			Jackson	From Metropolis north on Hwy 45 go past Joppa Rd., turn left onto 850N and go over the RR tracks, make a right and go around 2 mi. This cemetery is very hard to find, you will need to stop and ask someone direction. It is to the left on a gravel road and then back off this road on the right in a field. Very overgrown.
Kidd		370932N	0884422W	Metropolis	located west side of Metropolis behind the railroad tracks in a field/wood area.
Kingston	Lytton	371127N	0883937W	Washington	Hwy 45 to Powers Church, make a right, go abt 1 mi to top of small hill and cem is on the left.
Kirkendahl	Kuykendahl, Kirkendall?	371342N	0884948W	Hillerman
Laird				Grant	Located on Mr. Buldtman's farm behind the barn. Very overgrown.
Leach					Hway 45 to Midway Rd. turn left go 5/10 mi. Cem is located in a pasture behind an old house on the left
Leek	Enloe or Brown			Grant	Take North Avenue north to Country Club Road. Turn left about ¼ mile on the right. Take gravel lane, cemetery is in corner of gravel lane and main road.
Liberty Ridge		371229N	0884701W	Grant	near Metropolis, take Mount Mission Rd north past Franklin School, next road to the left.
Lower Salem				Logan	located near Hillerman.
Lynn				Washington	At intersection of 800N & 1750E go east on 800N about 1/10 mi on left, through a field and woods bout ½ mi.
Lytton	Kingston			Washington	Hwy 45 to Powers Church, make a right, go abt 1 mi to top of small hill and cem is on the left.
Macedonia	New Macedonia			Grant	At intersection 975N & 825E go 2/10 mi north on 825E, located on right.
Masonic				George's Creek	located just outside of New Columbia
Masonic (Afro-American)	Silver Crown			Lincoln
Masonic (New section)		371011N	0884350W	Metropolis	located on North Avenue just past Marberry Drive on the left
Masonic Farmers					no other information available
Masonic First (Old section)		371859N	0884629W	Metropolis	located on North Avenue just past Marberry Drive on the left
Massac Memorial Gardens		371132N	0884341W	Grant	Take North Avenue out of Metropolis north to Country Club Rd.
Massac Poor Farm				Lincoln/Metropolis	There are 2 cemeteries on the poor farm
Mathis	Boyd or Washington			Grant	From Massac Gun & Bow Club on 960N go 6/10 MI and when road turns left and starts downhill there is a lane to the right. Cem is the top of the hill.
May				Benton	Headstones just disappeared
McCartney				Metropolis/Lincoln	Near airport. Tombstones removed so it could be famred.
McCormick		370850N	0883435W		At intersection of 600N & 1900E go south on 1900E to the end, turn left about 5/10 mi, way back in field in some trees.
McElva Old	Old Part of Davidson or Bumgardner			Metropolis	On North Avenue just pas Massac Memorial Gardens
McHenry	Daniel, Ned			George's Creek
Metropolis Memorial Gardens				Metropolis	2824 North Ave
Midway	Barnes or Saint Stephens			Washington	Lutheran German Church
Miller	Round Springs			Grant	Take Airport Rd north for 2 stop signs. Cem on the right
Mitchell				Washington	At intersection 1200N & 1650E go north on 1650E and go to the end of the dirt road. Short was down an old abandoned Rosebud road.
Moody farmily				Washington	(2 stones) 3 mi from Metropolis north of Massac County High School. Located on private property.
Moorehead	Morehead
Morris	Joppa			Hillerman	listed as 2 separate cemeteries in some places
Morris (Afro-American)				Hillerman	located near Joppa
Morrison	Bigley	371024N	0883310W	Jackson	At intersection 600N & 2100E go north on 2100E about 7/10 mi. Left onto dirt road to the end. Has been vandalized.
Morse		371511N	0884442W	Benton	At intersection 1180N & 1060E go north on 1060E about 8/10 mi. Located on hill on the right.
Mosley Cemetery		371336N	0885432W
Mount Pleasant (Church of Christ)				Washington	on Riepe Ridge Road
Mount Sterling (Presbyterian Church)				Jackson	Rt. 45 east to Unionville Rd, left to Unionville/2100E left go about 2 mi on left.
Mozley				Hillerman	no other information
Murray		370939N	0883947W	East/West Brooklyn	Located on Hwy 45 about 5/10 mi from Hwy 145 junction on right in a small very overgrown woods. Private property; must have permission to enter.
name not known					In Metropolis on 6th and Yasoda St.
name not known				Grant	Off of HWY 45. The cemetery is located in the woods on the back part of a farm
New Bethel Church	Shady Grove (Afro-American)			Jackson	From Brookport on Unionville Rd. turn left on 1975. Then left on first dirt road. To the end.
New Columbia				George's Creek	no further information
New Hope				George's Creek	Take North Ave. north to Round Knob, turn left and go to New Columbia, go through New Columbia and stay on that road and watch for church sign.
New Macedonia	Macedonia			Grant	At intersection 975N & 825E go 2/10 mi north on 825E, located on right.
Ninevah		371532N	0884844W		At intersection 1375N & 446E go south on 446E about 2 mi. Located on right beside the road.
Oak Grove	Whte Oak			Metropolis	No other information.
Oak Grove (Afro-American)				Hillerman	From Metropolis go north on Hwy 45 to intersection 960N and 950E and turn left. Cross railroad tracks and make a right. Go about 1 mi and turn left at the church signs.
Oak Grove Methodist				Grant	From Metropolis take Hwy 45 to Joppa Rd and turn left. Go to the stop sign in Joppa and turn right. Go to next stop sign and turn left. Go to entrace of Electric Energy Inc and make a right on 400E. Go past Maple Grove school to the Y in the road and make a right. Go 1 mi on the left behind the church on the hill.
Oakes				Hillerman	Moved to Metropolis in 1952
Odd Fellows Cemetery		371032N	0884341W
Old Hall	Buzzard Roost or Tindall			Jackson	Across from New Columbia Masonic cemetery in the field.
Old Station	Farris			George's Creek
Old Walton	Walton				In a field and very hard to find without help.
Peck Farm				Washington	take Powers Church Rd east to 1500E left about 1-½ to 2 mi on the right
Pell		370840N	0883714W	East Brooklyn	locateed abaout 1-2 mi outside of Brookport on Pell Rd.
Poco Cemetery		371003N	0883003W
Point Pleasant				Washington	In the pines just before Pope Co. line. Lots of sandstone marker, only 2 headstones with writing left.
Rankin					On river bluff about 8/10 mi north on 620E
Reed				Washington	At intersection of 700N & 1700E go north about 1 ½ mi on 1700E on right way back in the woods near a creek.
Renfrow	Renfro			Grant	from Metropolis on Hwy 45 go north turn left on 850N, go over the RR tracks to the end of the road. Cem on right at edge of road.
Richardson	Gurley			Benton	At intersection 1250E & 1375N go west on 1350N about 1/10 mi. On right behind farm house on hilltop.
Riepe	Golightly			Washington	At interestion of 1940E & 950N go north on 950N about 8/10 mi. Turn right on dirt road about 9/10 mi on left. Rumored that tombstones were removed at one time.
Round Springs	Miller	371315N	0884447W	Grant	Take Airport Rd north for 2 stop signs. Cem on the right
Russin				George's Creek	No trace of cemetery.
Saint Johns UCC Cemetery				Jackson	turn north on Rt 145, go abt ½ mi to Waldo Church R., turn right go 2 mi, you will see German United Church of Christ.
Saint Johns				Washington	take Rt 145 north go Round Knox Rd left to Old Marion Rd right about 2 mi on left. (Lutheran German Church)
Saint Stephens	Midway or Barnes			Washington	Take Hwy 45 east from junction with Hwy 145, go past 2 crossroads and turn left on next road to left. Unity School Road, go to the first crossroad, Pell Road, and make a left, go to end of Pell Road and cemetery is right across the road.
Saint Stephens	Midway or Barnes			Washington	Lutheran German Church
Salem Church				Hillerman	may be Lower Salem, near Joppa
Samoth	Cagle or Walnut Ridge			George's Creek	located near Grantsburg
Schuman				East Brooklyn
Seven Mile (Baptist Church)				Metropolis	Hwy 145 about 1 mi north of Junc. 45& 145 on left
Shady Grove (Afro-American)	New Bethel Church			Jackson	From Brookport on Unionville Road turn left on 1975. Then left on the first dirt road. Go to the end.
Sharp Farm				Hillerman	No further information.
Siloam (Baptist Church)	Sam Smotherman (Afro-American)			East Brooklyn	Located on Unionville Road
Silver Crown	Masonic (Afro-American)			Lincoln
Sneman				Jackson	At intersection 350N & 2100E go east on 350N about 5/10 mi. The cem is suppose to be in these woods.
Snider				Jackson	At intersection 350N & 2100E to east on 350N about 5/10. Go about ½ mi in the wood to the right on a hill overlooking a pond.
Starkes				Hillerman	Hillerman area. Go right on 1075N go to 150E (small gravel lane) leads to what once was Denton's Landing. Need help finding the cemetery. Only 2 stones found. In bad shape from downed trees and cattle.
Staton				George's Creek	in New Columbia
Steele	Bailey or Bailey Field			East Brooklyn	At intersection 1900E & 700N go west on 700E about ¼ mi. on left.
Stokes				Benton	Going east through Big Bay you will come to a T. Cem. is straight ahead in the woods.
Stringtown	Unionville			Unionville
Sub Crim	Crim			Grant	On Cook Coal Terminal property.
Summer				Hillerman	near Hillerman
Thompson	I.O.O.F. II			Hillerman	located in Joppa
Thompson				Hillerman
Tindall	Buzzard Roost or Old Hall			Jackson	At the interseftion 825N & 1900E go eat on 825N about 4/10 mi up dirt road on left. Named after 1st Masonic Hall in Metropolis that later burned. Vandals took many stones and dropped in a cistern that was later filled with dirt and the stones not recovered.
Toulson				Lincol/Metropolis	In the back of Fort Massac, across the wooden bridge take the hiking trail right just to the top of the hill, about 2 mi on the right.
Turner				Grant	In northeast corner of intersection 720E & 975N about ¼ mi in the wood.
Twiliger	Aikin			Grant	Cook Coal Terminal property
Union	Crossland (Afro-American)			Logan	from Boaz turn left at Anderson Church to first road to right. This road will turn right then left. There will be a lane to cemetery on the left.
Unionville	Stringtown			Unionville	no other information available may be Dugger or Mt. Sterling cemeteries
Verbeck				Washington	no other information available.
Waddlington	Kickasola or Keckolie			Jackson
Wallace				Grant	In field and very hard to find without help.
Walnut Ridge	Samoth or Walnut Ridge			George's Creek	located near Grantsburg
Walton	Old Walton
Washington				Grant	From Massac Gun & Bow Club on 960N go 6/10 mi and when road turns left and starts downhill there is a lane to the right. Cem is at top of the hill.
Washington	Mathis or Boyd			Grant	From Massac Gun & Bow Club on 960N go 6/10 MI and when road turns left and starts downhill there is a lane to the right. Cem is the top of the hill.
Westerman		371332N	0883926W	Washington	Rt. 145 north to Midway Rd., right to 1500E about 2 mi on left
White Oak	Oak Grove			Metropolis	No other information available.
Wilkins	Brown or Anderson or Boot Hill	371533N	0884024W	Benton
Wilson				George's Creek	at 875E & 1600N go south on 875E about 2/10 mi on left thru woods on bluff overlooking I-24.
Woodward				Metropolis	no other info available
Woodworth				Jackson	Located bewise Virgie Mar Dassings house on the right side as you look at front of the house. Coming from Brookport on Unionville Rd., go to stop sign at Unionvilloe. Continue further on Unionville Rd, about ¼ mi. Cemetery on left side of road.
Zion	Hausman			Benton	German Church of Christ - Take Hwy 145 north to Rosebud Rd, turn left and go 2-3 mi till you see the sign to St. John's Lutheran church,turn right and go till you see a gravel pit on the right, you turn left right here on a gravel road. Cem is a little less than a mile on the right.

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