A visit to the Grandview 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 Grandview Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grandview Cemetery:
42.3481, -89.6321
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Grandview Cemetery is located in Stephenson County<2>.
The county seat for Stephenson County is located in Freeport. Freeport lies just to the south of the Grandview Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grandview Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Grandview Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grandview Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cedarville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harlem Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Harlem Center Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Center Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Freeport City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bellview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Martin Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Oakland Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Freeport Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107275 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Silver Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Silver Spring Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Cemetery
- Freeport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Freeport Mennonite Church Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Mennonite Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Mennonite Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Dakota.
- The Freeport Mennonite Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Freeport Mennonite Cemetery
- Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188877 <5>
- Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mennonite Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Richland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Richland Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Richland Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Richland Center Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Lancaster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lancaster Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Cemetery
- Dakota Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dakota Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Cemetery
- Richland Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grisby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Grisby Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisby Cemetery
- Eleroy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Eleroy Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleroy Cemetery
- Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hart Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The County Home Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Afolkey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Afolkey Cemetery is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grandview Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grandview Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cedarville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Dakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Afolkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Afolkey is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Eleroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McConnell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Salem is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Ridott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Florence is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Lena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lena is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <6>
- Oneco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oneco is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Baileyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Grove is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Yellow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Pearl City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- German Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davis is also located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <6>
- Winslow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
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 Grandview Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stephenson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grandview Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Davis
- Davis lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Grandview Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Davis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Freeport
- German Valley
- Lena
- Lena lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Grandview Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Orangeville
- Pearl City
- Pecatonica
- Rock City
- Shannon
- Winslow
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 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 Grandview Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Stephenson 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 Grandview Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #409276 (Grandview Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #409276 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: Stephenson
- Est. Elev: 278 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Freeport West
- Location given for Grandview Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3480727 Lon: -89.6320612
- 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 Stephenson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grandview 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. |