A visit to the Mitchell 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 Mitchell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mitchell Cemetery:
40.5273, -89.2526
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mitchell Cemetery is located in McLean County<2>.
The county seat for McLean County is located in Bloomington. Bloomington lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Mitchell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mitchell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Mitchell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mitchell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lilly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lilly Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Cemetery
- Bergen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Bergen Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Cemetery
- The Bergen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Tazewell Hill Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Lindsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lindsey Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Old Minier Cemetery
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardscrabble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hardscrabble Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble Cemetery
- Mackinaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mackinaw Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw Cemetery
- North Danvers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maurer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Maurer Cemetery is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurer Cemetery
- Imhoff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Imhoff Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imhoff Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Gaines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Gaines Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Cemetery
- The Gaines Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Mackinaw Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105776 <5>
- Minier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Minier Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Minier Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Minier.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969485 <5>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Hall - Barnard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wintz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Wintz Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintz Cemetery
- Stumbaugh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Stumbaugh Cemetery is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumbaugh Cemetery
- Roberson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Roberson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Cemetery
- West Twin Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lantz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Lantz Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantz Cemetery
- Dells Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mitchell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mitchell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lilly
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lilly is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Tazewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tazewell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Danvers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Danvers is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Danvers has also been known as:
- Danver
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <6>
- Mackinaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mackinaw is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
- Former name for Mackinaw:
- Mackinawtown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackinaw <6>
- Stanford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Congerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Minier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allentown is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Goodfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fravert ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fravert is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fravert
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Deer Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mindale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mindale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindale
- Sutter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutter is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Yuton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yuton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
- Mayfair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfair
- Hopedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crandall is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Shirley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Armington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Normal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Mitchell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McLean County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mitchell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Armington
- Bloomington
- Carlock
- Danvers
- Deer Creek
- Eureka
- Hopedale
- Mackinaw
- Minier
- Morton
- Normal
- Stanford
- Tremont
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 professional and volunteer 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 Mitchell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to McLean 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 Mitchell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #413686 (Mitchell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #413686 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: McLean
- Est. Elev: 242 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mackinaw
- Location given for Mitchell Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5272603 Lon: -89.2525865
- 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 McLean, 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- Mitchell 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. |