A visit to the Camp 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 Camp Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Camp Cemetery:
40.9900, -88.6395
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Camp Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Camp Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies just to the south of the Camp Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Camp Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Camp Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Camp Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hadley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hadley Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Cemetery
- Sunbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Sunbury Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury Cemetery
- Calder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Calder Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calder Cemetery
- Cornell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cornell Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Memorial Park is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Bayou Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bayou Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cemetery
- Zooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Zooks Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Cemetery
- Rowe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rowe Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery of Odell Township
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Odell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Odell Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108635 <5>
- Blackstone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Blackstone Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Corbins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Corbins Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbins Cemetery
- McMillan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The McMillan Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108062 <5>
- New Michigan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The New Michigan Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan Cemetery
- Springer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Springer Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Nigh Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Nigh Chapel Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nigh Chapel Cemetery
- Earp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Earp Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earp Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Swygert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Swygert Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert Cemetery
- Nevada Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Nevada Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Cemetery
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 Camp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Camp Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cayuga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Cornell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Odell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <6>
- Pontiac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Swygert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swygert is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Budd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Budd is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Adams ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Adams is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Sunbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbury is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Missal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Missal is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Graymont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McDowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McDowell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eylar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eylar is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Kernan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Ransom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vermilion City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion City is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion City
- Ancona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Flanagan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saunemin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dwight is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <6>
- Streator
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coalville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coalville is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Long Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Emington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kinsman
(14 miles [22.5 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 Camp 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 Camp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cornell
- Dwight
- Emington
- Flanagan
- Long Point
- Odell
- Pontiac
- Ransom
- Streator
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Camp 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 Camp Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #405440 (Camp Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #405440 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: 210 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Northwest Pontiac
- Location given for Camp Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9900323 Lon: -88.6395076
- 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 '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- Camp 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. |