A visit to the Bluff City Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Bluff City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bluff City Cemetery (FG ID #2163487).
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 Bluff City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bluff City Cemetery:
42.0178, -88.2525
The Bluff City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
The cemetery is located in Cook County<2>.
While not adjacent, the Mount Hope Cemetery is directly north of the Bluff City Cemetery.
The county seat for Cook County is located in Chicago. Chicago lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Bluff City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bluff City Cemetery.
Establishment of the Bluff City Cemetery ...
The Bluff City Cemetery was founded in 1889.
Name Variations for Bluff City Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Bluff City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff City Boulevard Cemetery
- Elgin City Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Bluff City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bluff City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lake Street Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elgin State Hospital Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bartlett Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Cemetery
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ontarioville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Ontarioville Cemetery is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville Cemetery
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Udina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Prairie Cemetery is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- North Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wayne Twp. Cemetery is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Twp. Cemetery
- Old Ontarioville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greve Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Greve Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greve Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The South Cemetery is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bluff City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bluff City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elgin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Elgin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Coleman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Streamwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wayne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hanover Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Carpentersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Saint Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Ingalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Schaumburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barrington Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- West Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowes Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wasco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <5>
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Chicago
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Carol Stream
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plato Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Bluff City 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 Bluff City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomingdale
- Carol Stream
- Carpentersville
- Elgin
- Geneva
- Hoffman Estates
- Roselle
- Saint Charles
- Schaumburg
- Wayne
- West Chicago
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bluff City 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 Bluff City Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2163487
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #404617 (Bluff City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404617 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: Elgin
- Location given for Bluff City Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.0178047 Lon: -88.2547994
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bluff City 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |