Are there any old graveyards in Bloomington, Illinois?

Old Union Cemetery is located in a remote section of Central Illinois. The graveyard saw its first burials in 1831 and it closed down less than 100 years later in 1931 after a fire destroyed the Union Christian Church that was located at the edge of the grounds. As time passed, the road past the cemetery, which had once been a busy stage line between Bloomington and Springfield, Illinois, was abandoned and the graveyard was largely forgotten.

Although it is well kept by workers from the local township, the cemetery is no longer visible from any road. The forest now surrounds it, hiding it away from history. Old records say that over 500 of the early residents of this area were buried in the grounds but less than 100 of their grave markers remain.

From: prairieghosts.com/oldunion.html This site has: ILLINOIS ADVENTURE #1507 28:00 minutes VHS $19.95 Travel along a portion of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, a corridor featuring historic sites, natural wilderness, and picturesque towns. Join the McLean County Museum of story for a discovery walk through Bloomington’s oldest cemetery. Tour a Seneca grain elevator that dates back to the Civil War.

And join outdoorsman Dan Vinovich at a sporting clays outing in Mackinaw. Hosted by Jim Wilhelm and produced by William Baker. http://www.wtvp.org/programming/videos.asp Also, here is a site with a list of all Ilinois graveyards: http://www.dagonbytes.com/graveyards/listings/statepage/illinois/illinois.htm.

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