Will County Cemeteries
Note from Kathy Zavada: If a researcher is looking for deaths through obits in and around Wilmington (namely Jackson, Florence, Wilton, Wesley, Reed, or sometimes Manhattan and Peotone townships) they should contact the Wilmington Public Library which has indexed obits starting from mid 1860's to current which match the microfilmed Wilmington Newspapers. Wilmington has the earliest local newspapers for these areas and still is the only library for Jackson, Florence and Wesley.
Wilmington Public Library, 201 Kankakee St, Wilmington, IL 60481; 815-476-2834
For listings of Catholic Cemeteries, contact:
Catholic Cemetery Office, 402 South Independance Blvd, Romeoville, IL; 815-838-0395
Arsenal Cemetery Article - Surnames extracted from 1963 Newspaper Article
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery - offsite link Elwood, Jackson Twp 9 miles S of I-80 on Rte 53; 3 miles E of I-55 on Arsenal Road, (815) 423-9958 (Thanks to Duane Gronwold) Google Map |
Adams Cemetery Sec 8, Crete Twp Lincoln & Exchange Aves, Crete Google Map |
Alexander / Kirman Cemetery Sec 33, Romeoville, DuPage Twp W side of IL Rte 53, N of Romeo Rd (135th St) Google Map |
Barbers Corners / HillCrest Cemetery Sec 2, Bolingbrook, DuPage Twp N side of Boughton Rd, East of IL Rte 53 (next to fire station) Google Map |
Barnett Cemetery SE 1/4 Sec 30, Homer Twp W side of Gougar Rd Google Map |
Beard Cemetery NW 1/4 Sec, Channahon Twp There are no traces left of Beard Cemetery. Blodgett Road was straightened in the 1970s and the former cemetery may be under the road. |
Beebee's Grove Cemetery Crete Twp Sec 1?, USGS Map (Dyer Quadrangle) reflects an unnamed cemetary in this location |
Boardman Cemetery Sec 4, DuPage Twp Royce Road to Paxson Drive Google Map |
Bohemian National Cemetery - complete  Sec 16, Reed Twp map to cemetery; Google Map W side of Essex Rd, 1/2 mile S of IL Rte 113 down a long lane |
Bronson / Sisson Cemetery Sec 10, Lockport Twp Google Map |
Brooks Cemetery Sec 10, Homer 151st St & Parker Rd Google Map |
Brown Cemetery NW 1/4 Sec 15, Custer Twp (GNIS map) S side of IL Rte 113, just E of Essex Rd |
Brown's Church / Boylan's / Jackson's Grove Cemetery Sec 15, Jackson Twp just E of IL Rte 53 and S of Manhattan Rd |
Calvary Cemetery Sec 31, Bloom Twp, Cook County W 34th street, just E of Western Ave, Steger, and across the Will Co line (records at Assumption Cemetary, 1900 S Cottage Grove) View Larger Map |
Calvary Cemetery Sec 13, Lockport Twp IL Rte 171 & High Rd |
Cemetery Hill Monee Twp abandoned |
County Farm Cemetery Sec 13, Troy Twp S of McDonough St on the grounds of the former Will County Poor Farm |
Crete Cemetery Sec 8, Crete Twp Exchange & Vincennes Rds, Crete |
Custer Township Cemetery - complete Sec 24, Custer Twp S of IL Rte 113 and just W of Ohlhues Rd in Custer Park |
DesPlaines / Zarley Cemetery Sec 21, Joliet Twp SE side of Patterson Rd and N of Brandon Rd in HillCrest community |
Diven Cemetery SE 1/4 Sec 7, Wesley Twp along IL Rte 102 |
Dwyers Cemetery NW 1/4 Sec 26, Wilmington Twp |
Eagle Lake Cemetery Former location of St John's Lutheran Church, Crete Twp 50 yds S of E Bemis Rd, about 1/3 mile W of S Klemme Rd |
Elmhurst Cemetery Sec 14, Joliet Twp 1212 E Washington St, Joliet (815) 722-0877 |
Evergreen Hill Cemetery Sec 5, Crete Twp Richton Rd & Park St, Crete Google Map |
Forbes / Gooding's Farm Cemetery SE 1/4 Sec 6, Wesley Twp about 1/2 mile E of IL Rte 102 and 1/4 mile N of Ballou Rd |
Frankfort / Scheer / Osgood Cemetery Sec 22, Frankfort Google Map |
German Evangelical Cemetery [offsite link] aka Chicago Road / German Lutheran / Little German Cemetery (Arsenal Cemetery) SW 1/4 of Sec 15, Florence Twp To visit, contact Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30071 S State Rte 53, Wilmington, IL 60481 - (815) 423-6370 Note: records held at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL Google Map |
Green Garden Methodist / Andres Cemetery Sec 19, Greengarden Twp W side of US Rte 45 |
Hadley Cemetery Sec 34, Homer Twp S side of Hadley Rd just E of Meader Rd Google Map |
Hickory Cemetery Sec 15, Frankfort Twp 88th St. & St. Francis Rd Google Map |
Hills of Rest Cemetery Sec 11, Troy Twp 23060 W Jefferson St, N of Inwood Golf course, (815) 725-1662 Google Map |
Holy Cross Cemetery Sec 6, Joliet Twp S side of W Theodore St, 1/2 mile W of Larkin, Joliet Google Map |
Kile Cemetery Crete, Crete Twp |
Klinger Cemetery [offsite link] (Arsenal Cemetery) SW 1/4 of Sec 31, Manhattan Twp To visit, contact Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30071 S State Rte 53, Wilmington, IL 60481 - (815) 423-6370 Google Map |
Lockport Cemetery Sec 23, Lockport Twp 7th & Madison Sts, Lockport |
Manhattan Center Cemetery Sec 15, Manhattan Twp Cedar Rd & Manhattan-Monee Rd Google Map |
Maple Hill Cemetery Sec 30, Jackson Twp W of Diagonal Rd on Drummond Rd, (previously Joliet Arsenal property, but outside the fence); 1 1/2 miles W of Elwood |
Maplewood Cemetery Sec 16, New Lenox Twp Haven & Oak Sts, New Lenox Google Map |
Marshall Cemetery Sec 12, New Lenox Twp Francis Rd, 3/4 mile E of Parker Rd |
McCune Cemetery (offsite link) (aka Jackson Creek / McKune / Asparagus Road) (Arsenal Cemetery) SE 1/4 of Sec 23, Channahon Twp To visit, contact Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30071 S State Rte 53, Wilmington, IL 60481 - (815) 423-6370 Google Map |
Mound Hawley Cemetery Homer Twp |
Mound / Rudd / Higginbotham Cemetery SE 1/4 Sec 12, Joliet Twp W side of Cherry Hill Rd, just S of US Rte 30 (East Cass St), Joliet Google Map |
Mt Calvary Cemetery Joliet Twp (GNIS map) |
Mt Calvary Cemetery of Lockport Lockport Twp Google Map |
Mt Moriah Cemetery Sec 4, Joliet Twp 1607 Clement St, Joliet Google Map |
Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery aka Mt Rose Catholic Cemetery Sec 36, Wilmington Twp W of IL Rte 102, S side of Oak St, Wilmington |
Mt Olivet Cemetery Sec 11, Joliet Twp 1350 E Cass St, Joliet |
Mt Olivet / Rosehill Cemetery Sec 21, Reed Twp (map to cemetery) E side of Cemetary Rd, S of Smiley Rd, Braidwood |
Mt St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery Sec 16, Wilton Twp S Cedar Rd, halfway between Rte 52 & Peotone-Wilmington Rd |
Newton Cemetery [offsite link] (Arsenal Cemetery) W 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 12, Wilmington Twp Note: only one marker for George W. NEWTON, died ???18- 1865. Newspaper article dated Dec 20, 1865 "on the 17th instant, at the residence of his step-father, P. CORBIN, Esq., in this town, George W. NEWTON, aged 31 years." To visit, contact Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30071 S State Rte 53, Wilmington, IL 60481 - (815) 423-6370 |
Norman Cemetery Sec 9, Will Twp abandoned |
Oakwood Cemetery - A-G; H-M; N-S; T-Z [partial] Additional Partial Transcription Sec 11, Joliet Twp 1201 E Cass St, Joliet (815) 722-8803 |
Oakwood Protestant Cemetery Sec 36, Wilmington Twp W of IL Rte 102 on the N side of Oak St, Wilmington |
Oakwood / Braidwood Protestant Cemetery - complete Sec 15, Custer Twp (map to cemetery) E side of Essex Rd |
Old Cemetery Frankfort Twp |
Peotone Cemetery Sec 19, Will Twp Corning Rd, E of IL Rte 50 - currently managed by the local undertaker, Harry Helfrich at Fedde-Helfrich Chapel, Peotone |
Pioneer Cemetery Sec 17, Frankfort Twp E side of Wolf Rd in Mokena, just S of the Rock Island RR tracks Google Map |
Plainfield Cemetery Sec 15, Plainfield Twp US Rte 30 near junction with Rte 59, Plainfield |
Pleasant Hill Cemetery Sec 21, Frankfort Twp W of US Rte 45 and S of US Rte 30, Frankfort Google Map |
Providence Ridge/North Ridge/North Providence Ridge Cemetery Sec 11, Jackson Twp W side of Ridge Rd, 1/2 mile S of Bernhard Rd |
Reed's Grove Cemetery [offsite link] (Arsenal Cemetery) Sec 31, Jackson Twp To arrange a visit, contact: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery; 27034 S. Diagonal Rd, Elwood, IL 60421 |
Resurrection Cemetery Romeo Road Romeoville, DuPage Twp |
Rose Hill Cemetery Stuenkel Rd Sec 4, Green Garden Twp Google Map |
Runyan Cemetery Old Legion Park, Lockport Sec 14, Lockport Twp Jack Braun: The path entrance is opposite 410 West St in Lockport. The only graves still marked are those of Runyan family members. Google Map |
Russian Cemetery / St Nicholaus Sterling Park Princeton & Green Garden Place, Lockport (Fairmont) Sec 34, Lockport Twp Google Map |
St Cyril's & Methodius Cemetery N side of Maple Rd (US Rte 6) between Briggs St & Farrell Rd, Joliet Sec 1, Joliet Twp Google Map |
St John's Cemetery Ruby & Clement Sts, Joliet Sec 4, Joliet Twp |
St John's Evangelical UCC Cemetery E side of S Wolf Rd at S edge Sec 17, Mokena, Frankfort Twp |
St John's Evangelical UCC / North Peotone Cemetery N Peotone Rd & 88th St Sec 3, Peotone Twp Google Map |
St John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Sec 1, Washington Twp Eagle Lake |
St John's UCC Church Cemetery 311th Street (Road) Sec 22, Washington Twp (near Beecher) Google Map |
St Joseph Catholic Cemetery W side of US Rte 52, just N of Elwood-Manhattan Rd Sec 17, Manhattan Twp |
St Joseph Cemetery Raynor Ave & Cleary St Sec 4, Joliet, Joliet Twp Google Map |
St Luke's UCC Cemetery 295th Road Sec 17-13-14, Beecher, Washington Twp Google Map |
St Mary's Cemetery Mokena, Frankfort Twp Google Map |
St Mary's Cemetery Joliet Twp (GNIS map) |
St Mary's Cemetery Caton Farm Rd, W of IL Rte 53 Sec 33, Lockport Twp Google Maps |
St Mary's Catholic Cemetery Naperville Road Sec 10, Plainfield, Plainfield Twp Google Map |
St Michael Cemetery 159th St & Will-Cook Rd Sec 13, Homer Twp Google Map |
St Patrick's Cemetery 608 W Jefferson St, Joliet Sec 9, Joliet Twp |
St Paul's Cemetery Manhattan Twp |
St Paul's Evangelical UCC Cemetery E Margaret Street Sec 21, Monee, Monee Twp |
St Paul's Lutheran Cemetery E of Rte 1, S of 303rd St Sec 21, Washington Twp (GNIS map) |
St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery E Cass St, between Oakwood and Mt Olivet Cemeteries Sec 11, Joliet, Joliet Twp |
St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery 80th & Stuenkel Road Sec 12, Green Garden Twp Google Map |
Schlem Cemetery Frankfort Twp Google Map |
Skyline Memorial Park Sec 16, Monee, Monee Twp Google Map |
South Lockport / Lockport Catholic Cemetery 17th St & Jefferson St Sec 26, Lockport, Lockport Twp Google Map |
Stan's Grove Cemetery Jackson Twp |
Starr's Grove Cemetery (Arsenal Cemetery) NE 1/4 of Sec 8, Florence Twp Transcription/Photos [US Forest Service - offsite link] |
Stateville Cemetery Sec 28, Lockport Twp located on the prison grounds |
Stevens Cemetery Joliet Twp now the park on Walnut St. between Silver Cross Hospital and Cass St Many burials moved to Oakwood (Joliet) ca 1865 |
Trinity / Zion Lutheran Cemetery Halsted Avenue Sec 16, Crete Twp |
Trinity Cemetery (new) Monee Road Sec 16, Crete Twp Google Map |
Troutman Grove / Eib / Hibner Cemetery W of Patterson Road SE 1/4 Sec 6, Elwood, Jackson Twp Google Map |
Twining Cemetery Dralle Road Sec 17, Green Garden Twp Google Map |
Union Burial Society Cemetery SW of Frankfort about a mile SE of intersection of US 45 & Laraway Rd, just N of Gateway Homes Frankfort Twp ?? |
Union Cemetery Sec 14, Green Garden Twp Manhattan/Monee Rd & 80th Ave |
Vermont Cemetery Normantown Road SE 1/4 Sec 8, Wheatland Twp Google Map |
Wesley / Forked Creek / Old Cemetery SW 1/4 Sec 15, Wesley Twp Google Map |
West Peotone Presbyterian Cemetery W Peotone Road Sec 30, Peotone Twp |
Wheatland Cemetery 104th Street NE 1/4 Sec 14, Wheatland Twp Google Map |
Wheatland / Scotch Presbyterian Church Cemetery 11839 S Heggs Road, (630) 904-1140 SE 1/4 Sec 19, Plainfield, Wheatland Twp Google Map |
Will Cemetery Will Twp |
Willard Grove Cemetery Channahon-Minooka Road Sec 8, Channahon Twp |
Williams Cemetery Sec 16, Lockport Twp next to St. Patrick's |
Wilton Center Cemetery Wilton Center Road Wilton Twp Google Map |
Woodlawn Memorial Park 23060 W Jefferson St, Joliet (815) 725-1152 Joliet Twp |
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery 111th Street SW 1/4 Sec 14, Wheatland Twp Google Map |
