A visit to the Bethesda 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 Bethesda Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethesda Cemetery:
41.6048, -90.1982
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Rock Island County<2>.
The county seat for Rock Island County is located in Rock Island. Rock Island lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Bethesda Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethesda Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bethesda Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethesda Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Pleasant Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Point Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point Cemetery
- Zuma Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Zuma Cemetery is located in Rock Island County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuma Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- Schaefer Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Colbert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Colbert Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colbert Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- McHenry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The McHenry Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Port Byron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Port Byron Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sharon Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Sharon Church Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Church Cemetery
- Old Rapids City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pink Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Pink Prairie Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Prairie Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Erie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Erie Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Cemetery
- Princeton City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Jacks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Jacks Cemetery is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Glendale Cemetery is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glendale Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Le Claire (IA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94876 <5>
- Yost Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Yost Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost Cemetery
- Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dana Edwards Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Dana Edwards Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Edwards Cemetery
- Hanna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Hanna Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna Cemetery
- Loraine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Loraine Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loraine Cemetery
- Smack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Smack Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smack Cemetery
- Kingsbury Presbyterian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Bethesda Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethesda Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hillsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Joslin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Rapids City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Erie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Port Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Le Claire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rustic Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Cordova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Barstow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Newton Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Pleasant Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Geneseo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Carbon Cliff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Colona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camanche
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Briar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Fenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shaffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Folletts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 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 Bethesda Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rock Island County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethesda Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albany
- Camanche
- Erie
- Erie lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bethesda Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Geneseo
- Hillsdale
- Le Claire
- Port Byron
- Rapids City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bethesda Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Rock Island 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 Bethesda Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #404329 (Bethesda Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404329 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: Rock Island
- Est. Elev: 185 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hillsdale
- Location given for Bethesda Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.6047551 Lon: -90.1981785
- 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 Rock Island, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethesda 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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