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 over 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'd like to eventually have a webpage for each of the 76 sections,
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 Sinai Ext.
Ash Hill	Mulberry Hill
Babyland	North Bluff
Boulder Valley	North Division
Boulder Valley South	North Center
Chapel View	North Hill
The Cove	Norwood Division
Division A	Oak Hill
Edgewood	Oak Ridge
Fairview Lawn	Prospect Hill
Forrest Lawn	Prospect Hill North
Garden of Eternal Love	Prospect Point
Garden of Honor	Public lots
Gazebo Gardens	Resurrection
Gethsemane	Riverview North
The Glen	Riverview South
Good Shepherd A	Rose Hill
Good Shepherd B	Saint Mary's Hill
Greenwood Terrace	Sermon on the Mount
Hickory Slope	Soldier's Hill (Mound Division)
Hickory Slope Extension	South Bluff
High Point	South Center
Hillcrest	South Hill
Last Supper	Spring Point
Lawn Division	Summit Range
Linden Bluff	Summit Range South
Maple Division	Sunset Terrace
Masonic (within Oak Ridge)	Valley of Devotion
Masonic Garden	Valley Ridge
Mausoleum	Valley View
Memories A	Vista Hill
Memories B	Vista Hill Annex
Middle Valley	Walnut Grove
Mount Auburn	Walnut Hill
Mount Hope	Washington Heights
Mount Prospect	Whispering Woods
Mount Repose	Willows
Mount Sinai	Woodland Heights

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.