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A visit to the Gridley 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 Gridley Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gridley Cemetery:

42.2128, -87.9962

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gridley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Gridley Cemetery is located in Lake County<2>.

The county seat for Lake County is located in Waukegan. Waukegan lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Gridley Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Gridley 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 Gridley Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gridley Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Willow Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Willow Lawn Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lawn Cemetery
  • Diamond Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Diamond Lake Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Diamond Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mundelein.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105402 <5>
  • Long Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Long Grove Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove Cemetery
  • St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Cemetery is located in Forest Lake.
    • The Fairfield Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairfield - English Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105619 <5>
  • Knopf Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Knopf Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knopf Cemetery
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Vernon Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Cemetery
  • Lake Zurich Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Lake Zurich Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Zurich Cemetery
  • Sutherland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
  • Ivanhoe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Ivanhoe Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Cemetery
  • Shalom Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Shalom Memorial Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalom Memorial Park
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    • Randhill Park Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
    • St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheeling Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Wheeling Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling Cemetery
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Lake County Poor Farm Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wauconda Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
    • Deer Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Deer Grove Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Grove Cemetery
    • Cady Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Cady Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cady Cemetery
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • German Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The German Cemetery is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ascension Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Ascension Catholic Cemetery is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ascension Catholic Cemetery
      • The Ascension Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ascension Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104562 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Gridley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gridley Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Long Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Indian Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Indian Creek is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
  • Prairie View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie View is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
  • Vernon Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilmer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilmer is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
  • Kildeer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Aptakisic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Aptakisic is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
  • Mundelein
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Lake is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Lake Zurich
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Buffalo Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincolnshire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mettawa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawthorn Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Capri Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Capri Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
    • Riverwoods
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivanhoe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
    • Libertyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wheeling
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bannockburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • North Barrington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
    • Palatine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fremont Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fremont Center is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center

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 Gridley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lake County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gridley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Gridley Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to Lake 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 Gridley Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #409495  (Gridley Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #409495 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: Lake
      • Est. Elev: 226 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Wheeling
      • Location given for Gridley Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.2128022     Lon: -87.996186
      • 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 Lake, 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- Gridley 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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