A visit to the Harpstrite 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 Harpstrite Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Harpstrite Cemetery:
38.5131, -89.6909
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Harpstrite Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Harpstrite Cemetery is located in Clinton County<2>.
The county seat for Clinton County is located in Carlyle. Carlyle lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Harpstrite Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Harpstrite Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Harpstrite Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Harpstrite Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Baden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The New Baden Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baden Cemetery
- Green Mount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Green Mount Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount Cemetery
- Resurrection Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Resurrection Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
- Fike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Fike Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fike Cemetery
- Blum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Blum Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blum Cemetery
- Sheley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sheley Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheley Cemetery
- Wittmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wittmer Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittmer Cemetery
- Summerfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Summerfield Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Cemetery
- Padfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Padfield Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padfield Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Bopp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bopp Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bopp Cemetery
- Barth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barth Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Bernard Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Home Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Cemetery
- Schneblin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lincoln Lake Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Lake Cemetery
- Andress Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Andress Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andress Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Trenton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Trenton Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Holy Childhood of Jesus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Holy Childhood of Jesus Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Childhood of Jesus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Childhood of Jesus Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Mascoutah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106212 <5>
- Mascoutah City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mascoutah City Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoutah City Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Harrymans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Harrymans Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrymans Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis 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 Harpstrite Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Harpstrite Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Baden
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Memphis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Damiansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Damiansville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Albers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoutah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Summerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Venedy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Venedy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Germantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aviston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Okawville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Saint Libory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stone Church
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Breese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bartelso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Freeburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Addieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- O'Fallon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Lementon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Saint Jacob
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Caspars
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Sebastopol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sebastopol is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
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 Harpstrite Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clinton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Harpstrite Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Breese
- Freeburg
- Lebanon
- Mascoutah
- New Baden
- O'Fallon
- Okawville
- Saint Jacob
- Trenton
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 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 Harpstrite Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Clinton 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 Harpstrite Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #409832 (Harpstrite Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #409832 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: Clinton
- Est. Elev: 142 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Trenton
- Location given for Harpstrite Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.5131046 Lon: -89.6909276
- 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 Clinton, 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- Harpstrite 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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