A visit to the Beals 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 Beals Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Beals Cemetery:
39.3792, -88.3242
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Beals Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Beals Cemetery is located in Coles County<2>.
The county seat for Coles County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Beals Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Beals Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Beals Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Lower Muddy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lower Muddy Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Muddy Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Upper Muddy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Upper Muddy Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Muddy Cemetery
- Dry Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Dry Grove Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Grove Cemetery
- Janesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Janesville Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville Cemetery
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haggins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Haggins Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggins Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- New Indian Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
- Drummond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Drummond Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Doty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Doty Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty Cemetery
- Campground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Campground Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Mattoon.
- The Campground Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Sawyer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1140184 <5>
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Illinois Central Railroad Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neoga Railroad Crossing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Upper Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Upper Berry Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Berry Cemetery
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Beals Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Beals Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Trilla
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johnstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lerna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Janesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bradbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Magnet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Neoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mattoon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Toledo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Diona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gays
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sexson Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Trowbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Timothy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Dorans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Jewett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Sigel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Hutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cooks Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Walla Walla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
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 Beals Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Coles County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Beals Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Charleston
- Greenup
- Lerna
- Mattoon
- Neoga
- Sigel
- 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 Beals Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Coles 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 Beals Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #403999 (Beals Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #403999 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: Coles
- Est. Elev: 206 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mattoon East
- Location given for Beals Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.3792029 Lon: -88.3242115
- 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 Coles, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beals 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |