A visit to the Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bear Creek Cemetery:
39.3034, -88.2995
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bear Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Cumberland County<2>.
The county seat for Cumberland County is located in Toledo. Toledo lies just to the southeast of the Bear Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bear Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Bear Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Upper Berry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Upper Berry Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Berry Cemetery
- Drummond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Drummond Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
- Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- Haggins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Haggins Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggins Cemetery
- Elliott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- Farmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Farmer Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Cemetery
- Toledo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Toledo Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Bales Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bales Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bales Cemetery
- Beals Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Beals Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Cemetery
- Long Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Long Point Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Cemetery
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brush Creek Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Illinois Central Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Friends Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Friends Grove Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Grove Cemetery
- Janesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Janesville Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville Cemetery
- Lower Muddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Lower Muddy Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Muddy Cemetery
- Tippett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Tippett Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippett Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Upper Muddy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Upper Muddy Cemetery is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Muddy Cemetery
- Jewett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Jewett Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Cemetery
- Greenup Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Woods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Reeds Woods Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Woods Cemetery
- The Reeds Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hutton Cemetery
- Sconce Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2325256 <5>
- Neal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- New Indian Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Toledo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Trilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Janesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lerna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walla Walla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Greenup
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Neoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Timothy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Diona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Magnet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Sigel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Trowbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Hidalgo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Mattoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Sexson Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gays
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Bear Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cumberland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Charleston
- Greenup
- Lerna
- Mattoon
- Neoga
- Sigel
- Sigel lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bear Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sigel.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigel
- Teutopolis
- Toledo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Cumberland 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #404027 (Bear Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404027 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: Cumberland
- Est. Elev: 182 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Johnstown
- Location given for Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.3033709 Lon: -88.2994876
- 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 Cumberland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bear Creek 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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