A visit to the Follis 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 Follis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Follis Cemetery:
37.8631, -88.9478
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Follis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Follis Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Benton. Benton lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Follis Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Follis Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Follis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Follis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- County Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The County Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- Lithuanian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Lithuanian Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithuanian Cemetery
- Boner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Boner Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boner Cemetery
- The Boner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boner Chapel Cemetery
- Bonner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bonner Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hanes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hanes Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanes Cemetery
- Denning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Denning Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning Cemetery
- Freeman Spur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Freeman Spur Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Huck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Huck Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huck Cemetery
- The Huck Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106182 <5>
- Blair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Oddfellow Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oddfellow Cemetery
- Tower Heights Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Tower Heights Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights Cemetery
- The Tower Heights Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tower Height Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- San Carlo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The San Carlo Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Carlo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Carlo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Herrin.
- The San Carlo Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Carlo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108121 <5>
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Jacob Hunter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Jacob Hunter Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Hunter Cemetery
- Becker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Becker Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker Cemetery
- Becker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murphey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Murphey Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphey 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 Follis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Follis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stiritz
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- West Frankfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Freeman Spur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <6>
- Johnston City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cambon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Plumfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Orient
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deering City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Herrin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteash
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Spillertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Zeigler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Colp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <6>
- Buckner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smothersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Hanaford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Dewmaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Crainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Parrish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- West City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Christopher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Follis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Follis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Christopher
- Herrin
- Johnston City
- Marion
- West Frankfort
- Zeigler
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 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 Follis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Follis Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #408482 (Follis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #408482 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 129 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Johnston City
- Location given for Follis Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.8631053 Lon: -88.9478482
- 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 Franklin, 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' (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- Follis 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. |