Old Homer Cemetery in Homer, Illinois

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Coordinates: 40.05467, -87.95962
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The Old Homer cemetery, located approximately 1 ¼ miles north of the village of Homer, lies west of Illinois Route 49 on a bluff above the Salt Fork. This is the earliest burial ground in the area dating back to the 1830s. The cemetery also has been called the Dunkard cemetery as members of that sect used the cemetery for burials.

The original village of Homer, founded in 1837, was located ¼ mile east of the cemetery on the high ground south of the Salt Fork. When the village moved in February-March 1855 to meet the Wabash railroad, the cemetery remained in use.

With the establishment of the G. A. R. cemetery in 1887 in the village of Homer, fewer burials were made and during the 20th century the cemetery became overgrown. Today the cemetery is well maintained by the Township of Homer and the cemetery is active with burials taking place in the eastern part of the burial ground.