A visit to the Jones Grove 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 Jones Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Jones Grove Cemetery
Lat: 40.0717° (40° 4' 18")
Lon: -87.7004° (-87° 42' 1")
The Jones Grove Cemetery is located in Vermilion County<1>.
The county seat for Vermilion County is located in Danville. Danville lies just to the northeast of the Jones Grove Cemetery .
Name Variations for Jones Grove 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.
Jones Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
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 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> of the Jones Grove Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Jones Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- God's Acre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wright Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Songer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Caraway Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hooton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allhands Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Searl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lithuanian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery (South)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery (North)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snider Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dougherty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandusky Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Danville Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Jones Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Jones Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Catlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catlin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Catlin is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <7>
- Westville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Westville is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,913 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westville <7>
- Belgium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belgium have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Tilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <7>
- Missionfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oakwood is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <7>
- Busenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Belgium Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmount have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmount <7>
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meeks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Newell is located in Vermilion County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Newell
- From the Jones Grove Cemetery to Newell
- Muncie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muncie have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncie
- Muncie is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncie <7>
- Olivet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fithian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fithian have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fithian
- Fithian is located in Vermilion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fithian <7>
- Indianola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vermilion Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gessie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Jones Grove Cemetery. The following communities are located in Vermilion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Jones Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Catlin
- Danville
- Fairmount
- Fithian
- Tilton
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 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 Jones Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Vermilion County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Jones Grove Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Jones Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #411214 (Jones Grove Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #411214 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: Danville SW
- County: Vermilion Elev: 197
- Location given for GNIS #411214 (Jones Grove Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Vermilion County: www.co.vermilion.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) 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 Jones Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0717, Longitude: -87.7004 |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | 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. |
<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> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |