Tours of Oak Ridge Cemetery

Meet some of the 78,000-plus people buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

These self-guided tours will introduce you to a spectrum of the 78,000-plus people buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery – pioneers, artists, ground-breakers, innovators, community leaders, friends of Abraham Lincoln and more. Their individual stories collectively tell the story of Sangamon County. (We’ll be adding more tours, and more stories, as time goes on.)

Some of these tours are walkable, others are designed to be driven, some are a combination. See the individual tours for suggestions. If you want to know more about any of these personalities, we’ve also pointed you to sources of additional information.

Thanks for visiting Oak Ridge. Come back any time.

Self-Guided Tours:

• Abraham Lincoln’s Friends, Associates & In-laws
• Notable African-Americans
  • The Florville Family  |  Community Leaders  |  Education  |  Military  |  Underground Railroad Conductors  |  Artists  | Other
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• East Ridge Area of Cemetery
  • Distinctive Monuments  |  Industrialists & Innovators  |  Historians  |  Pioneers  |  Activists  |  Others
• Notable Women
  • Businesswomen  |  Activists  |  Educators  |  Officials  |  Other