A visit to the Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Hill Cemetery:
41.3659, -89.5751
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County<2>.
The county seat for Bureau County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies just to the east of the Forest Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Triplett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Triplett Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett Cemetery
- Sapp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Sapp Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapp Cemetery
- Aldrich Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Corss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Corss Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corss Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107273 <5>
- Sand Hill Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fifield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fifield Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Bloom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Elm Lawn Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Lawn Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Woodlawn - Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Jenkins - Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heatons Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manlius Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Manlius Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlius Cemetery
- Sheffield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Sheffield Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Cemetery
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
- Hopeland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bunker Hills Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hills Cemetery
- Roggy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Roggy Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roggy Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wyanet
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Buda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tiskilwa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manlius
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Milo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Bureau Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <6>
- Malden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kasbeer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Neponset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenoak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenoak is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenoak
- New Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mineral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- De Pue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
- Hollowayville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Zearing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zearing is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zearing
- Ohio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hennepin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seatonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
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 Forest Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bureau County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradford
- Buda
- Buda lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Buda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
- De Pue
- Hennepin
- Manlius
- Neponset
- Ohio
- Ohio lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ohio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Princeton
- Sheffield
- Tiskilwa
- Walnut
- Wyanet
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 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 Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Bureau 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 Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720977 (Forest Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720977 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: Bureau
- Est. Elev: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wyanet
- Location given for Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3658696 Lon: -89.5750955
- 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 Bureau, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hill 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. |