A visit to the Farmer City 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 Farmer City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Farmer City Cemetery:
40.2398, -88.6448
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Farmer City Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Farmer City Cemetery is located in De Witt County<2>.
The county seat for De Witt County is located in Clinton. Clinton lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Farmer City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Farmer City Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Farmer City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Farmer City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Campground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Campground Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Farmer City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105028 <5>
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Greenleaf Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Blue Ridge Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Cemetery
- McCord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The McCord Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Deland Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deland Cemetery
- Mansfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mansfield Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The De Witt Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt Cemetery
- Walden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Walden Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Walters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Walters Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Cemetery
- Nixon Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Nixon Twp. Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon Twp. Cemetery
- The Nixon Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nixon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1925819 <5>
- Dunkard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Gilmore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mackey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Mackey Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Cemetery
- Argo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Argo Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Cemetery
- Bellflower Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Bellflower Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Griffith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Griffith Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith Cemetery
- Lisenby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lisenby Cemetery is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisenby Cemetery
- Morain Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Morain Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morain Cemetery
- Marquiss Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Marquiss Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquiss Cemetery
- Madden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Madden Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ingram Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Cemetery
- Mallory Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mallory Cemetery is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Cemetery
- Bethel Harris Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Harris Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Harris Cemetery
- The Bethel Harris Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Bethel United Methodist Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
- Old Harris Cemetery
- Seymour Methodist Episcopal 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 Farmer City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Farmer City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Farmer City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Watkins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Parnell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Parnell is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Fullerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fullerton is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Kumler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kumler is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
- Mansfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Laurette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurette is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
- Glen Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glen Avon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- De Witt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Witt is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- De Land
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellflower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Le Roy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lotus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lotus is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Birkbeck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Birkbeck is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkbeck
- White Heath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mahomet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake of the Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake of the Woods is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
- Foosland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsmith
(14 miles [22.5 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 Farmer City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in De Witt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Farmer City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arrowsmith
- Bellflower
- De Land
- Ellsworth
- Farmer City
- Le Roy
- Mahomet
- Mansfield
- Monticello
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 professional and volunteer 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 Farmer City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to De Witt 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 Farmer City Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1951260 (Farmer City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1951260 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: De Witt
- Est. Elev: 221 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Farmer City South
- Location given for Farmer City Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2397566 Lon: -88.6447891
- 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 De Witt, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmer City 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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