A visit to the Anderson Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Anderson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Anderson Cemetery:
39.3309, -88.5209
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Anderson Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Shelbyville. Shelbyville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Anderson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Anderson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Anderson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gaskill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Gaskill Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill Cemetery
- Swedish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Swedish Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedish Cemetery
- St. Patick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The St. Patick's Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patick's Cemetery
- Lower Ash Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Downey Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey Cemetery
- Copperas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Copperas Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperas Cemetery
- Raney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Raney Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raney Cemetery
- Spain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Spain Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain Cemetery
- Coons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Coons Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Cemetery
- Neoga Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Neoga Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neoga Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Lockhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lockhart Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Neoga Railroad Crossing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Illinois Central Railroad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Rincker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rincker Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincker Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Templeton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Templeton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton Cemetery
- Ash Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Ash Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cochran Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
- Pt. Lookout Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pt. Lookout Cemetery
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Paul's Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Cemetery
- Long Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Long Point Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- The Zion Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paradise Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1792387 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Anderson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Anderson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Trowbridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Neoga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sexson Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stewardson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sigel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Magnet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Middlesworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mode
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Shumway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Teutopolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Lerna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mattoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Fancher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Effingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bradbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Toledo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Janesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Allenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Shelbyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Anderson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Anderson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Effingham
- Lerna
- Lerna lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Anderson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lerna.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerna
- Mattoon
- Neoga
- Shelbyville
- Sigel
- Stewardson
- Strasburg
- Teutopolis
- Toledo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Anderson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Shelby County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Anderson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1725233 (Anderson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1725233 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 198 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stewardson East
- Location given for Anderson Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.3308706 Lon: -88.5208845
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anderson Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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