A visit to the Buffalo Grove 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 Buffalo Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buffalo Grove Cemetery:
41.9795, -89.5918
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buffalo Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buffalo Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County<2>.
The county seat for Ogle County is located in Oregon. Oregon lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buffalo Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Fairmount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Elkhorn Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
- Webster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Webster Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
- Eagle Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Eagle Point Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Cemetery
- Pine Creek Christian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Elkhorn Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Jordan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The East Jordan Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Jordan Cemetery
- Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Brethren Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Cemetery
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- West Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The West Branch Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch Cemetery
- Haldane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Haldane Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldane Cemetery
- Brookville Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Penrose Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Cemetery
- Chambers Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Schriner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Schriner Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schriner Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Prairieville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Mount Morris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107267 <5>
- West Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The West Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buffalo Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Polo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buffalo Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buffalo Grove is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Hazelhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Woosung
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haldane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haldane is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldane
- Maryland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maryland is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Brookville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- South Elkhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Elkhorn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elkhorn
- Penrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penrose is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
- Elkhorn Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkhorn Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Grove
- Hitt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hitt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
- Prairieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Morris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forreston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Coleta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Adeline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adeline is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Oregon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leaf River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nachusa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carthage is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Shannon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lanark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Buffalo Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ogle County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coleta
- Coleta lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Coleta.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleta
- Dixon
- Dixon lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dixon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Forreston
- Lanark
- Leaf River
- Milledgeville
- Mount Morris
- Oregon
- Polo
- Polo lies less than 2 miles<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Buffalo Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Rock Falls
- Shannon
- Sterling
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 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 Buffalo Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Ogle 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 Buffalo Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1808191 (Buffalo Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1808191 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: Ogle
- Est. Elev: 258 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Polo
- Location given for Buffalo Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9794742 Lon: -89.5917783
- 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 Ogle, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buffalo Grove 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. |