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A visit to the Manhattan Center Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Manhattan Center Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Manhattan Center Cemetery (FG ID #196401)

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 Manhattan Center Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.4271°   (41° 25' 37")

Lon:   -87.9623°   (-87° 57' 44")

The cemetery is located in Will County<2>.

As an estimate, the Manhattan Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Manhattan.

The county seat for Will County is located in Joliet. Joliet lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Manhattan Center Cemetery .

Establishment of the Manhattan Center Cemetery ...

The Manhattan Center Cemetery was established in 1857.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Manhattan Center Cemetery.<4>

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

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 Manhattan Center Cemetery.

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

  • Manhattan
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manhattan have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
    • Manhattan is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,798 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manhattan <7>
  • Wallingford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brisbane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • New Lenox
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lenox
    • New Lenox is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,088 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lenox <7>
  • Gilletts ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Frankfort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
    • Frankfort is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,411 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <7>
  • Ingalls Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingalls Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
    • Ingalls Park is located in Will County
  • Preston Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
    • Preston Heights is located in Will County
  • Elwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
    • Elwood is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <7>
  • Symerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mokena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mokena have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokena
    • Mokena is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,050 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mokena <7>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Joliet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Fairmont is located in Will County
    • Frankfort Square
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort Square have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
      • Frankfort Square is located in Will County
    • Peotone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Monee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Blodgett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Wilmington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • University Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • University Park is located in Will County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,817 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for University Park <7>
    • Matteson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matteson have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
      • Matteson is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,322 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matteson <7>
    • Tinley Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinley Park
      • Tinley Park is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tinley Park <7>
    • Orland Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Hills
      • Orland Hills is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,943 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orland Hills <7>
    • Homer Glen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <7>
    • Crest Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Hill
      • Crest Hill is located in Will County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crest Hill <7>

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 Manhattan Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Will County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Joliet
    • Joliet lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Manhattan Center Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Joliet.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
  • Lockport
  • Mokena
    • Mokena lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Manhattan Center Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mokena.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokena
  • Monee
    • Monee lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Manhattan Center Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Monee.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monee
  • Peotone
  • Tinley Park
  • Wilmington

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Manhattan Center 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 Manhattan Center Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1952295  (Manhattan Center Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1952295 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: Manhattan
    • County: Will         Elev: 220
    • Location given for GNIS #1952295 (Manhattan Center Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #196401

The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Will, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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 Manhattan Center Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4271, Longitude: -87.9623    
<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>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.
<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.




 

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