A visit to the Casteen 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 Casteen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Casteen Cemetery:
39.8950, -90.6760
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Casteen Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Casteen Cemetery is located in Brown County<2>.
The county seat for Brown County is located in Mount Sterling. Mount Sterling lies just to the northwest of the Casteen Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Casteen Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Casteen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Casteen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gilbirds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The South Side Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
- Robison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Robison Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robison Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Root Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Root Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Root Cemetery
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Cross Roads Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Putnam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Putnam Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Cemetery
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Harbour Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Cemetery
- Law Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Law Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law Cemetery
- Newenham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Newenham Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newenham Cemetery
- Suratt Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Suratt Burial Ground is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suratt Burial Ground
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Hambaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hambaugh Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambaugh Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Arnold Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Cemetery
- Elias Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Elias Clark Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elias Clark Cemetery
- Logsdon #2 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Logsdon #2 Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon #2 Cemetery
- Hersman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Rusk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rusk Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk Cemetery
- Varder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Varder Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varder Cemetery
- Hume Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hume Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume Cemetery
- Vandeventer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Vandeventer Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandeventer Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Logsdon #1 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Logsdon #1 Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon #1 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 Casteen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Casteen Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Versailles
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gilbirds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Chambersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Hersman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Meredosia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Griggsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Valley City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Mound Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Timewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kellerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Oxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
- New Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Exeter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Morgan City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Hagener
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
- Beardstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baylis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chapin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arenzville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Casteen 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 Casteen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arenzville
- Baylis
- Beardstown
- Bluffs
- Chapin
- Griggsville
- Meredosia
- Mount Sterling
- Naples
- Perry
- Perry lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Casteen Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Perry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Rushville
- Versailles
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 Casteen 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 Casteen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720765 (Casteen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720765 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: 193 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Versailles
- Location given for Casteen Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8950479 Lon: -90.6759614
- 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 '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- Casteen 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. |
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