A visit to the Calvary Catholic 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 Calvary Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery:
40.7573, -88.6798
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Calvary Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chenoa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Chenoa Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoa Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Weston Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- Pike Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pike Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- Lawndale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Lawndale Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooper Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Rook's Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Rook's Creek Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rook's Creek Cemetery
- Patty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Patty Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty Cemetery
- Houder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Houder Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houder Cemetery
- Pontiac City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Pontiac City Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac City Cemetery
- The Pontiac City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pontiac Southside Cemetery
- South Side Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #288460 <5>
- Walden Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Walden Farm Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Farm Cemetery
- Waldo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Waldo Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo Cemetery
- Lexington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Lexington Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Cemetery
- The Lexington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Porteus Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960559 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Scrogin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Scrogin Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrogin Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawndale Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136522 <5>
- Spence Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Spence Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Graceland Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- East Graceland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The East Graceland Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Graceland Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Fairbury.
- The East Graceland Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201400 <5>
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Avoca Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Avoca Twp. Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca Twp. Cemetery
- The Avoca Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avoca Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104580 <5>
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Calvary Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chenoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- McDowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Fairbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Avoca was located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Graymont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pontiac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pontiac is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <6>
- Gridley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flanagan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Swygert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swygert is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Cayuga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cayuga is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Cooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cropsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forrest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anchor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wing is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Eylar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eylar is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Strawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Towanda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saunemin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Panola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- El Paso
(17 miles [27.4 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 Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chenoa
- Chenoa lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Chenoa.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoa
- Colfax
- Colfax lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Colfax.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Cooksville
- Cornell
- El Paso
- Fairbury
- Flanagan
- Forrest
- Gridley
- Lexington
- Pontiac
- Towanda
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 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 Calvary Catholic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Calvary Catholic Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1719381 (Calvary Catholic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1719381 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 209 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Southwest Pontiac
- Location given for Calvary Catholic Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7572568 Lon: -88.6797843
- 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 Livingston, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Calvary Catholic 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. |