Established 1898 Country United States Size 63.3 acres (25.6 ha) Founded 1898 Number of graves 12,000 | Location Danville, Illinois Type Military Veterans' No. of graves 12,000 Phone +1 217-554-4550 | |
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Address 1900 E Main St, Danville, IL 61832, USA Similar US Veterans Affairs De, Danville V A, Springhill Cemetery, Spring Hill Cemetery, Greenwo Cemetery | ||
Danville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Danville, in Vermilion County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 63.3 acres (25.6 ha), and as of 2014, it had 12,000 interments.
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History
In 1897, Congress established a soldiers home called the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Danville, and the next year the cemetery was established on a small plot of land nearby to inter those veterans who died while under care in the facility. In 1901 a new cemetery was plotted, and the interments were all moved to their current location. It was transferred to the National Cemetery system in 1973.
Danville National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.