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A visit to the Bloom Presbyterian 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 Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery:

41.4950, -87.6384

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

The Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Cook County<2>.

The county seat for Cook County is located in Chicago. Chicago lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the north of the Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
  • Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Steger.
    • The Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens has also been known as:
    • Evergreen Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105615 <5>
  • Elliott Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Pauls Evangelical Reform Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The St. Anne Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne Cemetery
  • Adams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Adams Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Cemetery is located in Crete.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104490 <5>
  • Crete Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Crete Cemetery is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crete Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Crete.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335374 <5>
  • St. James Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Assumption Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Assumption Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption Cemetery
    • The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Assumption Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104564 <5>
  • New German Evangelical Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Crete.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108588 <5>
    • Zion Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
    • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Crete.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1306449 <5>
    • Beebe's Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Beebe's Grove Cemetery is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe's Grove Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beebe's Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Crete.
      • The Beebe's Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288139 <5>
    • Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Homewood Memorial Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Homewood Memorial Gardens is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood Memorial Gardens
      • The Homewood Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • Oak Lawn Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106233 <5>
    • Washington Memory Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery.

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

  • South Chicago Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
  • Chicago Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Steger
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Park Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Richton Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Crete
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sauk Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ford Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Glenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Flossmoor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Olympia Fields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Homewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • University Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Willowbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Thornton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Hazel Crest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • East Hazel Crest is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hazel Crest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
    • Matteson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dyer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <6>
    • Hazel Crest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Club Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Monee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodenow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Goodenow is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
    • Markham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Munster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Munster is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munster <6>
    • Harvey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lansing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Holland
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Bloom Presbyterian 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 Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Bloom Presbyterian 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 Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1956421  (Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1956421 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: 213 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Steger
      • Location given for Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.4950349     Lon: -87.638377
      • 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bloom Presbyterian 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.