A visit to the Cotton Wood 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 Cotton Wood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cotton Wood Cemetery:
41.8534, -90.0646
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cotton Wood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cotton Wood Cemetery is located in Whiteside County<2>.
The county seat for Whiteside County is located in Morrison. Morrison lies just to the east southeast of the Cotton Wood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cotton Wood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Cotton Wood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cotton Wood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Hollinshead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hollinshead Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinshead Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Spring Valley Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garden Plain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Garden Plain Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain Cemetery
- Minnonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Minnonite Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnonite Cemetery
- Spring Valley Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fulton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105008 <5>
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fulton Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fulton Twp. Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Twp. Cemetery
- The Fulton Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fulton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105767 <5>
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Grove Hill Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Center Clyde Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Center Clyde Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Clyde Cemetery
- Clyde Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Clinton (IA).
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Clinton (IA).
- The St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- St. Irenaeus Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94394 <5>
- Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. St. Claire Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
- Heaton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Heaton Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Springdale Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springdale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Clinton (IA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96406 <5>
- Minta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Minta Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minta Cemetery
- Lower York Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Lower York Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower York Cemetery
- The Lower York Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dunshee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #193175 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cotton Wood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cotton Wood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Union Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Clinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Morrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thomson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newton Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Fenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Malvern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Malvern is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
- White Pigeon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fair Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Haven is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Ideal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Camanche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Argo Fay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Denrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Lyndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sixmile
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Erie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coleta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
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 Cotton Wood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whiteside County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cotton Wood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albany
- Camanche
- Clinton
- Coleta
- Erie
- Erie lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Cotton Wood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Fulton
- Morrison
- Thomson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cotton Wood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Whiteside 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 Cotton Wood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #406629 (Cotton Wood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #406629 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: Whiteside
- Est. Elev: 210 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Union Grove
- Location given for Cotton Wood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.8533617 Lon: -90.0645674
- 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 Whiteside, 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- Cotton Wood 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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