A visit to the Brayford 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 Brayford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brayford Cemetery:
39.2075, -89.9762
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brayford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brayford Cemetery is located in Macoupin County<2>.
The county seat for Macoupin County is located in Carlinville. Carlinville lies just to the northeast of the Brayford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brayford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Brayford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brayford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Waggoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Armour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Armour Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Cemetery
- Combes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Combes Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combes Cemetery
- Hacke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hacke Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacke Cemetery
- Sell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sell Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell Cemetery
- Lumpkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lumpkin Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Cemetery
- Smith - Kirby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith - Kirby Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith - Kirby Cemetery
- Peebles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Peebles Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles Cemetery
- Hillyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hillyard Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillyard Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Emerick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Emerick Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerick Cemetery
- Shiloh Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gelder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Gelder Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gelder Cemetery
- Shipman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Shipman Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Behme Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Behme Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Behme Cemetery
- Old Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Calvary Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Calvary Cemetery
- Reader Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Reader Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader Cemetery
- St. Denis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Denis Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Denis Cemetery
- Centerville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Centerville Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- Clark Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Clark Family Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Family Cemetery
- Mayfield Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mayfield Memorial Park is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Memorial Park
- New Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The New Calvary Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Calvary Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Carlinville City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Carlinville City Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinville City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carlinville City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Carlinville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105139 <5>
- Dugger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger Cemetery
- Charity Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Charity Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Charity Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Charity Baptist Cemetery
- Charity Cemetery
- Charity Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961459 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brayford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brayford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Comer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Comer is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Chesterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Shipman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carlinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Challacombe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Hagaman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hagaman is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagaman
- Medora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dorchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- East Gillespie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Gillespie is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gillespie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fidelity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Piasa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hettick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Clare
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Gillespie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Bunker Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eagarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hornsby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hornsby is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Rockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 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 Brayford Cemetery. The following communities are located in Macoupin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brayford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benld
- Bunker Hill
- Carlinville
- Gillespie
- Medora
- Shipman
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 Brayford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Macoupin 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 Brayford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #404806 (Brayford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #404806 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: Macoupin
- Est. Elev: 183 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Plainview
- Location given for Brayford Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2075464 Lon: -89.9762148
- 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 Macoupin, 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- Brayford 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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