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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery

Lat:   42.1449°   (42° 8' 41")

Lon:   -89.8264°   (-89° 49' 35")

The cemetery is located in Carroll County<3>.

As an estimate, the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery is located between<1> the communities of Georgetown and Zier Cors.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Zier Cors.

The county seat for Carroll County is located in Mount Carroll. Mount Carroll lies just to the west southwest of the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery .

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 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 Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to Carroll County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Georgetown
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Carroll County
    • Zier Cors
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
      • Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
    • Lanark
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Shannon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Loran
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
      • Loran is located in Stephenson County
    • Pearl City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mount Carroll
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
      • Bolton is located in Stephenson County
    • Chadwick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Brookville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
      • Brookville is located in Ogle County
    • Harper
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Harper is located in Ogle County
    • Florence
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Stephenson County
    • Continue List   (16 more) ...
      • Elkhorn Grove
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Grove
        • Elkhorn Grove is located in Carroll County
      • Polsgrove
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
        • Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
      • Kent
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
        • Kent is located in Stephenson County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
      • Hitt
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitt have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
        • Hitt is located in Carroll County
      • Yellow Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
        • Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
      • Center Hill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
        • Center Hill is located in Carroll County
      • Wacker
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
        • Wacker is located in Carroll County
      • Milledgeville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Forreston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forreston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forreston
        • Forreston is located in Ogle County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,338 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forreston <4>
      • Baileyville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
        • Baileyville is located in Ogle County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <4>
      • Hickory Grove
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
        • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
      • Argo Fay
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
        • Argo Fay is located in Carroll County
      • South Elkhorn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elkhorn
        • South Elkhorn is located in Carroll County
      • Freeport
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
        • Freeport is located in Stephenson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,447 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <4>
      • Eleroy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Salem
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
        • Salem is located in Stephenson County

    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 Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carroll County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Wolf Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wolf Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Wolf Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Cemetery
    • Spring Valley Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lanark City Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Lanark City Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • The Lanark City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lanark Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanark City Cemetery
    • St. Wendelin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Shannon Brethren Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Shannon Brethren Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • The Shannon Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Brethren Dunkard Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shannon Brethren Cemetery
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stone Church Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Church Cemetery
    • Renner Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Renner Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Renner Cemetery
    • Shell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Shell Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • The Shell Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Shelly Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shell Cemetery
    • Sabin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sabin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sabin Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sabin Cemetery
    • Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery
    • Arnolds Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Brethren in Christ Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Brethren in Christ Cemetery is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery
      • Loran Methodist Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • The Loran Methodist Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
        • The Loran Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Evangelical Loran Cemetery
        • Loran Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loran Methodist Cemetery
      • Clay Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Clay Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Cemetery
      • Woodland Brethren Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Oak Hill Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Carroll County
        • The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Halderman Cemetery
        • Old City Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #189033 <8>
      • Oakville Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Schriner Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Chambers Grove Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chambers Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Chambers Grove Cemetery is located in Ogle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chambers Grove Cemetery
      • Grace Methodist Evangelical Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Methodist Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Grace Methodist Evangelical Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Methodist Evangelical Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1785408  (Cherry Grove Brethern Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1785408 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Boone Branch
      • County: Carroll         Elev: 265
      • Location given for GNIS #1785408 (Cherry Grove Brethern Cemetery)

    The official website for Carroll County: visitcarrollcountyil.com/

    The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

    Footnotes ...

    <1>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Georgetown and Zier Cors. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
    <2>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1449, Longitude: -89.8264    
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <8>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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