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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 Limestone Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.1556°   (41° 9' 20")

Lon:   -87.9299°   (-87° 55' 47")

The Limestone Cemetery is located in Kankakee County<1>.

The county seat for Kankakee County is located in Kankakee. Kankakee lies just to the southeast of the Limestone Cemetery .

Name Variations for Limestone 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.

Limestone Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Hawkins 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.

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 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 Limestone Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to Kankakee 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 Limestone Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Limestone Cemetery.

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

    • Limestone
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
      • Limestone is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Bourbonnais
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bourbonnais have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbonnais
      • Bourbonnais is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bourbonnais <4>
    • Kankakee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Bradley is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <4>
    • Bonfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Irwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Otto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
      • Otto is located in Kankakee County
    • Manteno
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteno have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
      • Manteno is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteno <4>
    • Aroma Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aroma Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Park
      • Aroma Park is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aroma Park <4>
    • Saint George
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Saint George is located in Kankakee County
    • Sammons Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sammons Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
      • Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Sammons Point has also been known as:
      • Sammons Point village
    • Chebanse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Sun River Terrace
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
        • Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
      • Union Hill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Herscher
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Momence
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Momence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momence
        • Momence is located in Kankakee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Momence <4>
      • Symerton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
        • Symerton is located in Will County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • Essex
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Buckingham
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
        • Buckingham is located in Kankakee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckingham <4>
      • Saint Anne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anne
        • Saint Anne is located in Kankakee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,174 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anne <4>
      • Wallingford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallingford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
        • Wallingford is located in Will County
      • Peotone
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakewood Shores
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
        • Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
      • Clifton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Grant Park
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
        • Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
      • Wilmington
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
        • Wilmington is located in Will County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 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 Limestone Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kankakee County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Limestone Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • The Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • The Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Maternity B.V.M. Cemetery
      • Maternity Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery
    • All Saint Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Van Meter Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Van Meter Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Van Meter Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Meter Cemetery
    • Smith Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Smith Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Schreffler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mound Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Mound Grove Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • The Mound Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mound Grove Gardens of Memory
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107002 <7>
    • St. Rose Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The St. Rose Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • The St. Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
      • St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Rose Cemetery
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blooms Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • DeSelm Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The DeSelm Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DeSelm Cemetery
    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bonfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Old State Hospital Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • State Hospital Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • The State Hospital Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
        • The State Hospital Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Kankakee State Hospital Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Hospital Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108375 <7>
      • B'nai Israel Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Kankakee Memorial Gardens
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Beach Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Beach Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beach Cemetery
      • McGillivray Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McGillivray Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The McGillivray Cemetery is located in Kankakee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGillivray Cemetery
      • Mt. Hope Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • St. James Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

    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 Limestone Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #412101  (Limestone Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #412101 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: Bourbonnais
      • County: Kankakee         Elev: 194
      • Location given for GNIS #412101 (Limestone Cemetery)

    The official website for Kankakee County: www.co.kankakee.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 Kankakee, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Limestone Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1556, Longitude: -87.9299    
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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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