A visit to the Lena 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 Lena Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lena Cemetery:
42.3731, -89.8201
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lena Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lena Cemetery is located in Stephenson County<2>.
The county seat for Stephenson County is located in Freeport. Freeport lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Lena Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lena Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Lena Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lena Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Louisa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Louisa Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa Cemetery
- Holley Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Holley Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holley Grove Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Lena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106206 <5>
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove Cemetery
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem UCC Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UCC Cemetery
- Samel Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eleroy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Eleroy Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleroy Cemetery
- Grisby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Grisby Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisby Cemetery
- Waddams Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Waddams Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddams Grove Cemetery
- Howardsille Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Howardsille Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsille Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Brethren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Manny Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Manny Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Kent Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Lutheran Cemetery
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kent Cemetery
- Kent United Baptist Cemetery
- Old Liberal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106432 <5>
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Waite Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Cemetery
- Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Hawk Monument Cemetery
- Blackhawk Monument Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180780 <5>
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Babbs Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Babbs Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbs Grove Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Harlem Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Harlem Center Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Center Cemetery
- Richland Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silent Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Silent Hill Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Hill Cemetery
- Brick Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Brick Church Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church Cemetery
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]<3> of the Lena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lena Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lena
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <6>
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McConnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Loran
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Bolton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oneco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Cadiz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cadiz is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Wayne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Afolkey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Pleasant Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Browntown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Browntown is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 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 Lena Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stephenson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Freeport
- Lena
- Lena lies less than 2 miles<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Lena Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Nora
- Orangeville
- Pearl City
- South Wayne
- Stockton
- Warren
- Winslow
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lena Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Stephenson 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 Lena Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1821268 (Lena Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1821268 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: Stephenson
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pearl City
- Location given for Lena Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3730701 Lon: -89.8201203
- 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 Stephenson, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lena 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |