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A visit to the Boyer Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Boyer Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Boyer Cemetery

Lat:   40.1261°   (40° 7' 33")

Lon:   -88.4664°   (-88° 27' 59")

The Boyer Cemetery is located in Piatt County<2>.

The county seat for Piatt County is located in Monticello. Monticello lies just to the southwest of the Boyer Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Boyer Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Bethel Harris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Harris Cemetery
    • The Bethel Harris Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Bethel Harris Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bethel Cemetery
    • Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    • Bethel United Methodist Cemetery
    • Harris Cemetery
    • Old Harris Cemetery
    • Seymour Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
  • Mackey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mackey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mackey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mackey Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Ingram Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingram Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingram Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ingram Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Argo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Argo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Argo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Argo Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Madden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Madden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Madden Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Camp Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Mansfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mansfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mansfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mansfield Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
    • The Bryant Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Bryant Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bryan Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104924 <5>
  • Mahomet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahomet Cemetery
    • The Mahomet Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Mahomet Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Middletown Cemetery
    • Village Cemetery
  • Bucks Pond Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bucks Pond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bucks Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bucks Pond Cemetery is located in Piatt County
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Davis Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107705 <5>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Marquiss Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marquiss Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marquiss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Marquiss Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Monticello Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monticello Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monticello Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Monticello Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Monticello Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monticello Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monticello Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Monticello Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • St. Boniface Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
      • The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Dunkard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Morain Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morain Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morain Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Woolington Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woolington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woolington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Woolington Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Grandview Memorial Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Memorial Gardens
      • The Grandview Memorial Gardens is located in Champaign County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Champaign.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105878 <5>
    • Fisher Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
      • The Fisher Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Phillippe Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillippe Cemetery
      • The Phillippe Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Phillippe Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

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 Boyer Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Boyer Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Seymour
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • White Heath
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Heath
    • White Heath is located in Piatt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Heath <6>
  • Bondville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mahomet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahomet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
    • Mahomet is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,968 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mahomet <6>
  • Mansfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Mansfield is located in Piatt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <6>
  • Lake of the Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake of the Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
    • Lake of the Woods is located in Champaign County
  • Monticello
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Monticello is located in Piatt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <6>
  • Staley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
    • Staley is located in Champaign County
  • De Land
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Champaign
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ivesdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivesdale
    • Ivesdale is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivesdale <6>
  • Sadorus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Savoy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
      • Savoy is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savoy <6>
    • Farmer City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Urbana
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
      • Urbana is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <6>
    • Kumler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kumler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
      • Kumler is located in McLean County
    • Lotus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
      • Lotus is located in Champaign County
    • Laurette
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laurette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
      • Laurette is located in McLean County
    • Tolono
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolono
      • Tolono is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolono <6>
    • Fisher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,911 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <6>
    • Weldon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cisco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
      • Cisco is located in Piatt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cisco <6>
    • Bellflower
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellflower have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
      • Bellflower is located in McLean County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellflower <6>
    • Bement
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bement have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bement
      • Bement is located in Piatt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,661 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bement <6>
    • Watkins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
      • Watkins is located in De Witt County
    • Parnell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
      • Parnell is located in De Witt County
    • Fullerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
      • Fullerton is located in De Witt County

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 Boyer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Piatt County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Boyer Cemetery:

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 Boyer Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #404761  (Boyer Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #404761 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Mahomet
    • County: Piatt         Elev: 219
    • Location given for GNIS #404761 (Boyer Cemetery)

The official website for Piatt County: www.piattcounty.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 Piatt, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Boyer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1261, Longitude: -88.4664       In this case, the coordinates for the Boyer Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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