Washington Memory Gardens
Washington Memory Gardens is a cemetery in Township of Thornton, Cook, Illinois which is located on Ridge Road. Washington Memory Gardens is situated nearby to the cemetery Homewood Memorial Gardens, as well as near the village East Hazel Crest.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Homewood, Cook County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Hazelwood Cemetery” and “Washington Memorial Gardens”
- Address: 701 Ridge Road, Thornton, IL 60430
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Homewood Memorial Gardens and Homewood station.
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Cemetery
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Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois. Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery. Homewood Memorial Gardens is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Washington Memory Gardens.
Homewood station
Railway station
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Homewood station is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois. It is also the location of the Homewood Railroad Park Museum. Homewood station is situated 2 miles west of Washington Memory Gardens.
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens
Cemetery
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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Washington Memory Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Hazel Crest and Thornton.
East Hazel Crest
Village
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a south suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 1,297.
Thornton
Village
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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world.
Homewood
Town
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Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. Homewood is situated 1½ miles west of Washington Memory Gardens.
Washington Memory Gardens
- Category: burial
- Location: Township of Thornton, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.56243° or 41° 33′ 45″ northLongitude
-87.63248° or 87° 37′ 57″ westElevation
630 feet (192 metres)Open location code
86HJH969+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 187638723OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4915589Wikidata ID
Q128601680
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In Other Languages
“Washington Memory Gardens” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Washington Memory Gardens”
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