A visit to the Garden Plain 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 Garden Plain Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garden Plain Cemetery:
41.8014, -90.1204
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garden Plain Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Garden Plain Cemetery is located in Whiteside County<2>.
The county seat for Whiteside County is located in Morrison. Morrison lies just to the east of the Garden Plain Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garden Plain Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Garden Plain Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garden Plain Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Minta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Minta Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minta Cemetery
- Cotton Wood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cotton Wood Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Wood Cemetery
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fulton Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fulton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105008 <5>
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fulton Twp. Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Twp. Cemetery
- The Fulton Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fulton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105767 <5>
- Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. St. Claire Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Springdale Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springdale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Clinton (IA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96406 <5>
- Lusk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lusk Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk Cemetery
- Oakridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oakridge Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge Cemetery
- Hess Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Clinton Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is located in Camanche (IA).
- The Rosehill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95999 <5>
- Kingsbury Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Smack Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smack Cemetery
- Fenton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Fenton Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Garden Plain Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garden Plain Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- East Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Newton Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Fenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Erie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Denrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Thomson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shaffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Lyndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Folletts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Elk River Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Malvern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Malvern is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
- Elvira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Low Moor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cordova
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Prophetstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Pigeon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
- Ideal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
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 Garden Plain Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whiteside County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garden Plain Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albany
- Camanche
- Clinton
- Erie
- Erie lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Garden Plain Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Fulton
- Hillsdale
- Low Moor
- Morrison
- Prophetstown
- Thomson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Garden Plain Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Whiteside 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 Garden Plain Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1954892 (Garden Plain Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1954892 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: Whiteside
- Est. Elev: 226 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Union Grove
- Location given for Garden Plain Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.8014184 Lon: -90.1204018
- 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 Whiteside, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Plain 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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