A visit to the Gehlenback Lutheran 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 Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery:
38.9173, -89.8607
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Edwardsville. Edwardsville lies just to the southwest of the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadow View Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Meadow View Gardens is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Gardens
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Randle Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandbach Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sandbach Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbach Cemetery
- Meyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Meyer Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer Cemetery
- Belk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Belk Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk Cemetery
- Hamel Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wieseman - Ruehnoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Quercus Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoxsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hoxsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxsey Cemetery
- The Hoxsey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hoxsey Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106268 <5>
- McCaughey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McCaughey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaughey Cemetery
- Mize Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mize Cemetery is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Cemetery
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. John UCC Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John UCC Cemetery
- Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Paddock - Flagg Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
- The Paddock - Flagg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paddock Cemetery
- Paddock Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107388 <5>
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wood Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wood Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Family Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108106 <5>
- Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Olive Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Spangle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Spangle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangle Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Worden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hamel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairietown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Fruit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alhambra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Williamson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dorsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bethalto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Sawyerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Cottage Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Wood River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roxana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Poag
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Glen Carbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grantfork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantfork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Clare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Rosewood Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
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 Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benld
- Benld lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Benld.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benld
- Bunker Hill
- Edwardsville
- Mount Olive
- Staunton
- Wood River
- Worden
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 Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Madison 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 Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #423464 (Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #423464 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 168 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Worden
- Location given for Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9172688 Lon: -89.8606535
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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 Madison, 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- Gehlenback Lutheran 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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