A visit to the Green Pond 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 Green Pond Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Green Pond Cemetery:
39.4959, -90.6415
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Green Pond Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Green Pond Cemetery is located in Pike County<2>.
The county seat for Pike County is located in Pittsfield. Pittsfield lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Green Pond Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Green Pond Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Green Pond Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Green Pond Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thurman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Thurman Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- French Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hess Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Cemetery
- Kessinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kessinger Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessinger Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kessinger Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Pearl.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2549090 <5>
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bedford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Milton - Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holford Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holford Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Willard Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
- Montezuma Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Montezuma Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clemmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Clemmons Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemmons Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- Watt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Watt Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt Cemetery
- Time Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Time Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Humphreys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Humphreys Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- Blue River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Blue River Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River Cemetery
- Wills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Wills Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Cemetery
- Kent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Kent Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cemetery
- Daniels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Daniels Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Cemetery
- Neese Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Neese Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neese Cemetery
- Hollis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hollis Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Cemetery
- Bluefield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bluefield Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluefield Cemetery
- Adams Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Adams Family Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Family 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 Green Pond Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Green Pond Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pearl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bedford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Straut
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Bee Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Hillview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Time
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Time is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Detroit is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilmington is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cliffdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Walkerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Alsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belleview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Kampsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- White Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Roodhouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Valley City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valley City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
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 Green Pond Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pike County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Green Pond Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Milton
- Nebo
- Nebo lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Green Pond Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nebo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Pittsfield
- Pleasant Hill
- Roodhouse
- White Hall
- Winchester
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Green Pond Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Pike 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 Green Pond Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1852477 (Green Pond Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1852477 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: Pike
- Est. Elev: 201 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pearl West
- Location given for Green Pond Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4958813 Lon: -90.641515
- 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 Pike, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Green Pond 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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