A visit to the Brookville Lutheran 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 Brookville Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery
Lat: 42.0552° (42° 3' 18")
Lon: -89.6875° (-89° 41' 15")
The Brookville Lutheran Cemetery is located in Carroll County<1>.
The county seat for Carroll County is located in Mount Carroll. Mount Carroll lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery .
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Brookville Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Carroll County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brookville Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brookville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Brookville is located in Ogle County
- Elkhorn Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Grove
- Elkhorn Grove is located in Carroll County
- Hitt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
- Hitt is located in Carroll County
- Haldane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldane
- Haldane is located in Ogle County
- South Elkhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elkhorn
- South Elkhorn is located in Carroll County
- Hazelhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Hazelhurst is located in Carroll County
- Buffalo Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove is located in Ogle County
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Milledgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Maryland is located in Ogle County
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Forreston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forreston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forreston
- Forreston is located in Ogle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forreston <4>
- Lanark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zier Cors
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Chadwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baileyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Baileyville is located in Ogle County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <4>
- Penrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
- Penrose is located in Whiteside County
- Adeline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adeline have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Adeline is located in Ogle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Florence is located in Stephenson County
- Coleta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleta
- Coleta is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleta <4>
- Woosung
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Brookville Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carroll County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coleta
- Coleta lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Coleta.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleta
- Forreston
- Lanark
- Lanark lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lanark.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Milledgeville
- Mount Morris
- Polo
- Polo lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Shannon
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brookville Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chambers Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chambers Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Chambers Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chambers Grove Cemetery
- Brethren in Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Brethren in Christ Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery
- Schriner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Eagle Point Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Point Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elkhorn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elkhorn Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elkhorn Cemetery
- Forreston Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forreston Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Forreston Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forreston Grove Cemetery
- Shannon Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Shannon Brethren Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- The Shannon Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brethren Dunkard Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shannon Brethren Cemetery
- South Elkhorn Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Webster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Webster Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webster Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nichols Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nichols Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
- Fairmount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairmount Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairmount Cemetery
- Haldane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haldane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Haldane Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haldane Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Cemetery
- Shell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Shell Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- The Shell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shelly Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shell Cemetery
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lanark City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Lanark City Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- The Lanark City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lanark Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanark City Cemetery
- Buffalo Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Buffalo Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Grove Cemetery
- West Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The West Branch Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Branch Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Brookville Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1785402 (Brookville Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1785402 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: Brookville
- County: Carroll Elev: 256
- Location given for GNIS #1785402 (Brookville Lutheran Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Carroll County: visitcarrollcountyil.com/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Brookville Lutheran Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0552, Longitude: -89.6875 |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |