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Cemeteries

 

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For a complete listing of cemeteries in Sangamon County and listing of burials (where available),
 visit the Cemetery Index page on the Morgan Area Genealology site or click on the links below.
 
Please obtain permission from property owners before visiting cemeteries which are located on private property! 
 
 
 
 

Located in Berlin, north of Old Jacksonville Road on Main Street.
 
 
 

Located south of Loami.
 

Located south of New Berlin, west of Loami, on the northwest corner of Loami and Staley roads.  The Chapel Church once stood at this location.  (See the Churches page for pictures of the church.)
 
 
Dunlap Cemetery

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Foster Cemetery

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Fouch Cemetery is located on private land near the St. Mary's Cemetery.
 
Gibson Cemetery

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Hall Cemetery

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Located on private property near the intersection of Waverly and Loami roads.
 
Hudson (Little Hope) Cemetery

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Jester Cemetery

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Kelley Cemetery

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King Cemetery

Located southwest of New Berlin on West Loami Road, approximately five miles west of Waverly Road in Morgan County.
 
 

Located north of New Berlin on John Ridder Road.
 
 
Maxwell Cemetery

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McGinnis Cemetery

Located on South Farmingdale Road, just north of Mansion Road.
 
 
 
Mount Zion Cemetery

Located on private property near the s-curve north of the Old Jacksonville Road/Waverly-Pleasant Plains Road intersection.  There is a marker there stating that this was the location of the Mt. Zion Church, which later became the Berlin Christian Church.
 
Park (Smyrna, McDevitt) Cemetery

Located on private property near the intersection of Maxwell Town Hall Road and Staley Road.  A church was also located on this site.
 
Patterson Cemetery

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Located on the south side of Pleasant Plains, this cemetery contains many people who lived in the New Berlin area.
 
Schuff Cemetery

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Shelton Cemetery

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Located northwest of New Berlin on St. Mary's Cemetery Road.
 
 
 

Located three miles south of New Berlin, east of Waverly Road.  A church once stood at this location.
 
 
 
VanDeren Cemetery

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Wilcox Cemetery

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Located west of Berlin on Old Jacksonville Road, two miles west of the Waverly/Pleasant Plains Road intersection.  The Island Grove Methodist Church sits in the middle of the cemetery.  Burial records date from 1872. 
 
 
Young Cemetery

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