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Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island)


Lincoln Cemetery is a cemetery in Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1911. Although not within the municipal boundaries of the city, the cemetery maintains a Chicago address at 12300 South Kedzie Avenue, sharing its zip code with the city's Mount Greenwood neighborhood whose southern border lies a mile north of the cemetery gate. The cemetery is noteworthy for the number of famous African-American Chicagoans buried there, among them several notable blues and jazz musicians.

Coordinates: 41°40′06″N 87°42′08″W / 41.6684°N 87.7023°W / 41.6684; -87.7023



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