Springdale Cemetery

Springdale Cemetery is located at 3014 N. Prospect Street in Peoria. It was founded in 1854 and is the oldest and largest chartered cemetery in the state of Illinois. Springdale Cemetery encompasses 255 acres with 6 miles of road within its boundaries. There are 70 sections and 15 private mausoleums. You can see many beautiful stone carvings, magnificent old trees, a wonderful view of the Illinois River valley and perhaps catch a glimpse of an occasional deer or bluebird. Springdale is an active cemetery with over 77,000 people buried here.

Many thanks to everyone who's involved in the maintenance/restoration of this cemetery!

All pictures of Springdale cemetery were taken by J. Crandell, unless otherwise stated.

Below is a list of the sections of Springdale Cemetery.
I would like to eventually have a webpage for each section,
complete with pictures and names of loved ones buried there.
It would be impossible to have a complete list, but these pages
would give you and I a perfect opportunity to honor our ancestors.

American Legion Hill	Mount Auburn
Ash Hill	Mount Hope
Babyland	Mount Prospect
Bluff Division North	Mount Repose
Bluff Division South	Mount Sinai
Boulder Valley	Mount Sinai Ext.
Boulder Valley South	Mulberry Hill
Chapel View	North Division
The Cove	North Central Division
Division A	Norwood Division
Edgewood	North Hill
Fairview Lawn	Oak Hill
Forrest Lawn	Oak Ridge
Garden of Eternal Love	Prospect Hill North
Garden of Honor	Public lots
Garden of Memories	Resurrection
Gazebo Gardens	Riverview
Gethsemane	Rose Hill
The Glen	Saint Mary's Hill
Good Shepard A	Sermon on the Mount
Good Shepard B	Soldier's Hill
Greenwood Terrace	South Center Division
Hickory Slope	South Hill
Hickory Slope Extension	Spring Point
High Point	Summit Range
Hillcrest	Summit Range South
Last Supper	Sunset Terrace
Lawn Division	Valley of Devotion
Linden Bluff	Valley View
Maple Division	Vista Hill
Masonic	Vista Hill Annex
Mausoleum	Walnut Grove
Memories A	Washington Heights
Memories B	Willows
Middle Valley	Woodland Heights
Whispering Woods (pet section)
For more tombstone pictures, visit Roy Meyer's website!

Below is a 1909 postcard of the carriage house on Perry Street
that was the entrance to Springdale Cemetery.
Eventually this structure will be restored.