Riverview Cemetery

Oregon Township

Riverview Cemetery is one of the most beautifully located cemeteries in Ogle County. It is 1/4 mile north of Oregon off Rt. 2 on the west side of the road. It was established in the 1830's. This is a large cemetery, terraced on and around a wooded hilltop, overlooking Rock River with a view of the statue of Chief Blackhawk, located on the opposite bank of the river in Lowden State Park.

Click here for gravestone inscriptions

Click here for Photos of Ogle County Tombstones

For more information contact one of our

Look Up Volunteers or the Ogle County Genealogical Society

Surname Index Below

 

Grave of John Phelps, founder of Oregon

 

Photos by Laverne M. Stauffer

 

Surname Index: (from mid 1980's)