A visit to the Bluffs 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 Bluffs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bluffs Cemetery:
38.7689, -87.8009
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bluffs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bluffs Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville lies just to the east southeast of the Bluffs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bluffs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Bluffs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bluffs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Leech Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Leech Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leech Cemetery
- Sumner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sumner Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner Cemetery
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lone Tree Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Charlottesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waggoner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lawrenceville Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Cemetery
- Pollard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pollard Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Cemetery
- The Pollard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107528 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Dollahan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Dollahan Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollahan Cemetery
- Cotton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cotton Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Cemetery
- Mickey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mickey Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickey Cemetery
- Port Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Port Jackson Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Jackson Cemetery
- Keplinger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Keplinger Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keplinger Cemetery
- Amity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Amity Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amity Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Olney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185690 <5>
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Goines Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goines Cemetery
- Conover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Conover Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bluffs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bluffs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sumner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Birds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Landes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Villas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Hardinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Claremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Billett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Oil Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Green Brier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Berryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Oil Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Orio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Saint Francisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Duncanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Calhoun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Beal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Heathsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Stoy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dundas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Olney
(15 miles [24.1 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 Bluffs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bluffs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bridgeport
- Duncanville
- Flat Rock
- Lawrenceville
- Olney
- Saint Francisville
- Stoy
- Sumner
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 Bluffs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Bluffs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #404629 (Bluffs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404629 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 137 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chauncey
- Location given for Bluffs Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.7689358 Lon: -87.8008628
- 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 Lawrence, 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 from Point A (ie- Bluffs 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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