Big Woods Cemetery
Big Woods Cemetery is a cemetery in Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois. Big Woods Cemetery is situated nearby to the residential building Big Woods School, as well as near the town Warrenville.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Big Woods School and Fermilab.
Big Woods School
Residential building
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Big Woods School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located at 3033 N. Eola Road in Aurora, Illinois. The school was built in 1917–18 to replace the original Big Woods School, which was built in the mid-19th century and had fallen into disrepair.
Fermilab
Research institute
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a national laboratory for high-energy particle physics, located in Batavia, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. Fermilab is situated 2 miles northwest of Big Woods Cemetery.
Metea Valley High School
School
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Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of four high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District. Waubonsie Valley High School is also in Aurora, while Neuqua Valley High School and Wheatland Academy are in Naperville. Metea Valley High School is situated 2 miles south of Big Woods Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warrenville and Winfield.
Warrenville
Town
Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,195 at the 2024 special census. Warrenville is a far west suburb of Chicago on the DuPage River. Warrenville is situated 3 miles east of Big Woods Cemetery.
Winfield
Town
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Winfield is an incorporated village located in Milton and Winfield Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The DuPage River headwaters are located directly to the north, and the river runs through the village. Winfield is situated 4½ miles northeast of Big Woods Cemetery.
Batavia
Photo: G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Batavia is a city mainly in Kane County and partly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in the Chicago metropolitan area, it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County.
Big Woods Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.81812° or 41° 49′ 5″ northLongitude
-88.23041° or 88° 13′ 50″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
86HHRQ99+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 702525396OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4884919
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