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A visit to the Bethany Lutheran 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 Bethany Lutheran Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery:

41.6706, -87.9862

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery is located in Cook County<2>.

The county seat for Cook County is located in Chicago. Chicago lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Danish Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Cemetery
  • Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The St. Patrick Parish Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
    • The St. Patrick Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
  • St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
    • The St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sag Bridge Cemetery
    • Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
    • St. James Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1820248 <5>
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bolingbrook.
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Barber's Corner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #208243 <5>
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Brooks Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Homer Glen.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104889 <5>
  • Cass Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Cass Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Cemetery
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ressurection Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Resurrection Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Romeoville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107653 <5>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1982545 <5>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Runyan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Runyan Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runyan Cemetery
    • Boardman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bronson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bronson Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson Cemetery
    • Lockport Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lockport Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lockport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106651 <5>
    • Barnett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Barnett Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnett Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Lockport.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104636 <5>
    • St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located in Homer Glen.
      • The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Michael Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108034 <5>
    • Fairmount Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188587 <5>
    • St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clarendon Hills Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Lemont
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Tedens ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Tedens is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
  • Goodings Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
  • Colonial Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Bolingbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bloomfield Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
  • Romeoville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Homer Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
    • Homer Glen has also been known as:
    • Homer Glen village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <6>
  • Woodridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Darien
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Winston Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Winston Village is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
  • Lockport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Willow Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Burr Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowbrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Orland Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Palos Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmont is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
    • Palos Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Head Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
    • Clarendon Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Westmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Crest Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Joliet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • East Joliet is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
    • Orland Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Palos Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Justice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hodgkins
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Countryside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinsdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Downers Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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 Bethany Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cook County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Bethany Lutheran Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to Cook 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 Bethany Lutheran Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #404245  (Bethany Lutheran Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404245 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: Cook
      • Est. Elev: 227 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sag Bridge
      • Location given for Bethany Lutheran Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.6705867     Lon: -87.98617
      • 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 Cook, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethany Lutheran 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.