A visit to the Elmwood Family 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 Elmwood Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elmwood Family Cemetery:
39.8639, -91.0401
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Elmwood Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Elmwood Family Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Quincy. Quincy lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Elmwood Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elmwood Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Elmwood Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elmwood Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pearce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Pearce Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce Cemetery
- Drescher Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Goertz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Goertz Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goertz Cemetery
- Clark Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Family Cemetery
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Klarner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Klarner Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klarner Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Williams Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Broady Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Kingston Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Cemetery
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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- St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coats Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Nation Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Nation Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nation Cemetery
- Grubb Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Grubb Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Family Cemetery
- Liberty Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Old Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Old Cemetery
- Zander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Zander Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander Cemetery
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Brigids Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Brigids Cemetery
- Mayfield Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Whiaker Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiaker Cemetery
- Perrigo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Perrigo Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Perrigo Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrigo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Perrigo Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Liberty.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289849 <5>
- Stevens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Padgett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Padgett Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett Cemetery
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 Elmwood Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elmwood Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Kellerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Adams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Payson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Baylis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Kinderhook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coatsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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 northeast)
- Paloma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Blacks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blacks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks
- Fall Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- New Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Fowler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Elmwood Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elmwood Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barry
- Baylis
- Clayton
- Coatsburg
- Fowler
- Hull
- Hull lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Elmwood Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hull.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- New Canton
- Payson
- Payson lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Elmwood Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Payson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Elmwood Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Elmwood Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720519 (Elmwood Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720519 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 229 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Richfield
- Location given for Elmwood Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8639362 Lon: -91.040136
- 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 Adams, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmwood Family 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. |