The First County in Illinois to be organized on December 8, 1818. The Act of Legislature signed in Kaskaskia on March 4, 1819 by Governor Shadarack Bond. Settlement began about 1805 inhabited by Indians and transients. Most of the county was settled by people mostly from Kentucky and Tennessee.

County Seats:
Unity - 1833-1845; Thebes - 1845-1859; Cairo 1859-Present.

Hi, I am Kim Hendrix and would like to welcome to the Alexander County, Illinois Cemeteries Project. If you would like to contribute headstone photos, obituaries or would like to transcribe and take pictures of the headstones in any cemetery in Alexander County, please email me.

If you have any information on a cemetery in Alexander County, please email me.

 

Alexander County Poor Farm Cemetery	McClure Township
Bankert Cemetery aka Bankart Cemetery
Baumgarde Cemetery aka Baumgart Cemetery	Miller City Township
Beech Grove Cemetery	Cairo Township
Birk Farm Cemetery	Thebes Township
Bracken Cemetery
Brockett Cemetery aka Martin Cemetery	West Township
Brown Homestead Cemetery	Thebes Township
Cauble Cemetery	Thebes Township
Cavender Cemetery	Thebes Township
Childers Cemetery aka Tamms Cemetery
Clutts Cemetery	Cairo Township
Cummins Cemetery
Duck Pond Cemetery	McClure Township
Elco Cemetery	Elco Township
Fayville Cemetery	Thebes Township
Fox Grove Cemetery aka Fowler Grove Cemetery	Big Rock Township
Garner Cemetery	Thebes Township
Hargis Cemetery	Tamms Township
Hazelwood Cemetery	Elco Township
Hobbs Cemetery	Thebes Township
Hodges Cemetery	Athensville Township
Honey Cemetery
Hulen Cemetery	Athensville Township
Hutchison Cemetery	Thebes Township
Johnson Farm Cemetery	Cache Township
Lake Milligan Cemetery	Cache Township
Lindsay Cemetery aka Lindza Cemetery aka Lindsey Cemetery	McClure Township
McClure Cemetery	McClure Township
McCrite Cemetery
McCrite Cemetery	Tamms Township
McDaniel Cemetery	Athensville Township
McRaven Cemetery	McClure Township
Miller Cemetery	Tamms Township
Miller Cemetery	Tamms Township
Miller Cemetery	Tamms Township
Mobile Cemetery	Athensville Township
Mount Zion Cemetery	Tamms Township
Oak Grove Cemetery aka White Oak Cemetery
Olive Branch Cemetery	Tamms Township
Palmer Cemetery	Elco Township
Parker Cemetery	Cache Township
Phillips Cemetery	McClure Township
Provo Cemetery	Tamms Township
Richland Cemetery	Unity Township
Richwood Cemetery aka Atherton Cemetery	Athensville Township
Rose Hill Cemetery	Thebes Township
Sammons Cemetery	Thebes Township
Santa Fe Cemetery	Thebes Township
Schendler Cemetery
Sextons Creek Cemetery	Tamms Township
Sheffer Cemetery	Elco Township
Sims Cemetery	Elco Township
Solomon Hill Cemetery	Unity Township
Stretor Cemetery	Athensville Township
The Seven Mile Graveyard	Cache Township
Thebes Cemetery	Thebes Township
Thompson Cemetery	Thebes Township
Twente Cemetery	Thebes Township
Unity Cemetery	Unity Township

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