A visit to the Elgin State Hospital 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 Elgin State Hospital Cemetery ...
The Elgin State Hospital Cemetery is located in Kane County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
- Bartlett Cemetery
- The Bartlett Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Cemetery
- Bluff City Cemetery
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
- Lake Street Memorial Park
- Little Woods Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- North Cemetery
- Ontarioville Cemetery
- The Ontarioville Cemetery is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville Cemetery
- Prairie Cemetery
- The Prairie Cemetery is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
- Round Grove Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- South Cemetery
- The South Cemetery is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Udina Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Washington Memorial Cemetery
- Wayne Twp. Cemetery
- The Wayne Twp. Cemetery is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Twp. Cemetery
- Whitney Cemetery
- The Whitney Cemetery is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Elgin State Hospital Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Barrington Hills
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Bartlett
- Bonnie
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
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- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Bowes Bend
- Campton Hills
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <4>
- Carpentersville
- Coleman
- East Dundee
- Elgin
- Freeman
- Geneva
- Gilberts
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hanover Park
- Hoffman Estates
- Ingalton
- Keeneyville
- North Plato
- Pingree Grove
- Plato Center
- Saint Charles
- Sleepy Hollow
- South Barrington
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- South Elgin
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Starks
- Streamwood
- Wasco
- Wayne
- West Dundee
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 Elgin State Hospital Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elgin State Hospital Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carpentersville
- Elgin
- Geneva
- Hoffman Estates
- Saint Charles
- Wayne
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Elgin State Hospital Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Kane 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 Elgin State Hospital Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #419065 (Elgin State Hospital Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #419065 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: Kane
- Est. Elev: 235 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elgin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elgin State Hospital Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |