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A visit to the Jersey Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Jersey Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   40.2450°   (40° 14' 41")

Lon:   -88.3073°   (-88° 18' 26")

The Jersey Cemetery is located in Champaign County<2>.

The county seat for Champaign County is located in Urbana. Urbana lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Jersey Cemetery .

Name Variations for Jersey Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Jersey Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Jersey Presbyterian Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Jersey Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Knife Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knife Cemetery
    • The Knife Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Knife Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knife - Stout Cemetery
    • Pusey Cemetery
    • Pusey / Knife Cemetery
    • Stout Cemetery
  • Phillippe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillippe Cemetery
    • The Phillippe Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Phillippe Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
    • The Fisher Cemetery is located in Champaign County
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • German Lutheran Cemetery
  • Willowbrook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willowbrook Cemetery
    • The Willowbrook Cemetery is located in Champaign County
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Champaign County
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Davis Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107705 <5>
  • Grandview Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Memorial Gardens
    • The Grandview Memorial Gardens is located in Champaign County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Champaign.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105878 <5>
  • St. Elizabeth Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Elizabeth Cemetery
    • The St. Elizabeth Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The St. Elizabeth Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Thomasboro Catholic Cemetery
  • Naylor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naylor Cemetery
    • The Naylor Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Naylor Cemetery has also been known as:
    • United Brethren Church Cemetery
  • Mahomet Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahomet Cemetery
    • The Mahomet Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Mahomet Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Middletown Cemetery
    • Village Cemetery
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
    • The Bryant Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Bryant Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bryan Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104924 <5>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Beekman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beekman Cemetery
      • The Beekman Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • East Bend Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Bend Cemetery
      • The East Bend Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The East Bend Cemetery has also been known as:
      • East Bend Memorial Gardens
      • East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
    • Dunkard Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Piatt County
    • Lincoln Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
      • The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Lincoln Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lincoln Memorial Gardens
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Brownfield Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownfield Cemetery
      • The Brownfield Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Brownfield Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Brownfield Cemetery
    • Yearsley Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yearsley Cemetery
      • The Yearsley Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Yearsley Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Yearsley & Brownfield Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108978 <5>
    • Heater Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heater Cemetery
      • The Heater Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Heater Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Heater Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351410 <5>
    • Eden Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Cemetery
      • The Eden Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Eden Cemetery has also been known as:
      • American Luthern Church Cemetery
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
      • The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Champaign County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Jersey Cemetery.

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

  • Lake of the Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake of the Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
    • Lake of the Woods is located in Champaign County
  • Mahomet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahomet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
    • Mahomet is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,968 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mahomet <6>
  • Fisher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Fisher is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,911 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <6>
  • Dewey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
    • Dewey is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <6>
  • Thomasboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasboro
    • Thomasboro is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasboro <6>
  • Prospect
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Champaign County
  • Bondville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Staley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
    • Staley is located in Champaign County
  • Champaign
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rantoul
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rantoul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
    • Rantoul is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,305 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rantoul <6>
  • Lotus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
    • Lotus is located in Champaign County
  • Mansfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Mansfield is located in Piatt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <6>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Urbana
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
      • Urbana is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <6>
    • Foosland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Seymour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Proctor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Proctor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Proctor is located in Ford County
    • Savoy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
      • Savoy is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savoy <6>
    • Mira
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mira
      • Mira is located in Champaign County
    • Flatville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
      • Flatville is located in Champaign County
    • Ludlow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludlow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Ludlow is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludlow <6>
    • Bellflower
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellflower have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
      • Bellflower is located in McLean County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellflower <6>
    • Laurette
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laurette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
      • Laurette is located in McLean County
    • Mayview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
      • Mayview is located in Champaign County
    • Kumler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kumler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
      • Kumler is located in McLean County
    • White Heath
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Heath
      • White Heath is located in Piatt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Heath <6>
    • Gibson City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
      • Gibson City is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
      • Gibson City has also been known as:
      • Gibson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <6>
    • Gifford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
      • Gifford is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gifford <6>
    • Elliott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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 Jersey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Champaign County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Jersey Cemetery:

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 Jersey Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #411101  (Jersey Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #411101 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Rising
    • County: Champaign         Elev: 226
    • Location given for GNIS #411101 (Jersey Cemetery)

The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 Champaign, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Jersey Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2450, Longitude: -88.3073       In this case, the coordinates for the Jersey Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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