A visit to the Franks Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Franks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Franks Cemetery (FG ID #105736).
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 Franks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Franks Cemetery:
39.8379, -91.1412
The Franks Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Quincy. Quincy lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Franks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Franks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Franks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Franks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rice Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Rice Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Family Cemetery
- Baker Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Klarner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Klarner Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klarner Cemetery
- Drescher Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broady Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Brigids Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Brigids Cemetery
- Liberty Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Old Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Old Cemetery
- Zander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Zander Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander Cemetery
- Kimmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Kimmons Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Tandy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Tandy Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tandy Cemetery
- Nichols Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Lock Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Family Cemetery
- Pearce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pearce Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce Cemetery
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Clark Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Family Cemetery
- Williams Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grubb Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Grubb Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Family 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 Franks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Franks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fall Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Barry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kellerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marblehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shepherd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paloma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fowler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ewbanks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coatsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cave City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cave City is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Saverton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Baylis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Point
(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 Franks 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 Franks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barry
- Barry lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Franks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Barry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Baylis
- Coatsburg
- Fowler
- Hull
- Hull lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Franks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hull.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- New Canton
- Payson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Franks 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 Franks Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #105736
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720522 (Franks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720522 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: 248 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Payson
- Location given for Franks Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8378246 Lon: -91.1412508
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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' (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- Franks 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |