A visit to the Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buckhorn Cemetery:
39.9356, -90.8382
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buckhorn Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buckhorn Cemetery is located in Brown County<2>.
The county seat for Brown County is located in Mount Sterling. Mount Sterling lies just to the northeast of the Buckhorn Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buckhorn Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Buckhorn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buckhorn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Linn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Linn Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Cemetery
- Dobey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Dobey Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobey Cemetery
- Fargo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Fargo Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Cleaves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cleaves Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaves Cemetery
- Bixler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- DeHart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The DeHart Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeHart Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Marden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Keifer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Keifer Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifer Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Benville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dearborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dearborn Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Cemetery
- Orton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Orton Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orton Cemetery
- Ausmus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Durbin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Durbin Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Cemetery
- Lierly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lierly Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lierly Cemetery
- Grady Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Grady Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Cemetery
- Law Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Law Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law Cemetery
- Hersman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hersman Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hersman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hersman.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106122 <5>
- Mt. Sterling City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery
- The Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1169078 <5>
- Means Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Means Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means 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 Buckhorn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buckhorn Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mound Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Timewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hersman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Mount Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kellerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Gilbirds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Perry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Chambersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooperstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Blacks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blacks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Baylis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Camp Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Golden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griggsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meredosia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Hadley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Naples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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 Buckhorn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brown County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buckhorn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baylis
- Clayton
- Golden
- Griggsville
- Meredosia
- Mount Sterling
- Naples
- Perry
- Perry lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Buckhorn Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Perry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Versailles
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 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 Buckhorn Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Brown 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 Buckhorn Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1821619 (Buckhorn Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1821619 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: Brown
- Est. Elev: 216 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Sterling
- Location given for Buckhorn Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9356037 Lon: -90.8381867
- 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 Brown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckhorn 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |