A visit to the Memorial Park ...
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 Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Park:
40.9339, -88.5990
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Memorial Park is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies just to the southwest of the Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on the Memorial Park.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Swygert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Swygert Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert Cemetery
- Camp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Camp Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cemetery
- Pontiac City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pontiac City Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac City Cemetery
- The Pontiac City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pontiac Southside Cemetery
- South Side Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #288460 <5>
- Rowe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rowe Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- McMillan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McMillan Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Cemetery
- Houder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Houder Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houder Cemetery
- Hadley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hadley Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Cemetery
- Patty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Patty Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery of Odell Township
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The East Side Cemetery of Odell Township is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery of Odell Township
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Side Cemetery of Odell Township is located outside and to the northwest of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2812448 <5>
- Odell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Odell Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108635 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Cornell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Cornell Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell Cemetery
- Zooks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Zooks Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Cemetery
- Corbins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Corbins Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbins Cemetery
- Rook's Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Rook's Creek Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rook's Creek Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108062 <5>
- Sunbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Sunbury Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury Cemetery
- Calder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Calder Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calder Cemetery
- Bayou Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Bayou Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Walden Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Walden Farm Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Farm Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Park, with the nearest first:
- Cayuga
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cayuga is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Swygert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Swygert is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Pontiac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDowell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Eylar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eylar is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Cornell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Graymont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saunemin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blackstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adams ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Budd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Weston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Wing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Griswold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Emington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sunbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Fairbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Missal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Missal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Flanagan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chenoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dwight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ransom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Forrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kernan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Campus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vermilion City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion City
- Ancona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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 Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chenoa
- Cornell
- Dwight
- Emington
- Fairbury
- Flanagan
- Forrest
- Long Point
- Odell
- Pontiac
- Ransom
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 Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Memorial Park:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #413390 (Memorial Park Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #413390 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 207 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Northeast Pontiac
- Location given for Memorial Park Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9339217 Lon: -88.5989499
- 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 Livingston, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Memorial Park) 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. |