A visit to the Mount Moriah 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Moriah Cemetery (FG ID #107043)
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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery ...
The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Joliet.
The cemetery is located in Will County<2>.
Adjacent to the Mt. Moriah Cemetery and just to the northwest is the Saint Joseph Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- County Farm Cemetery
- Elmhurst Cemetery
- Hills of Rest Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Illinois State Prison Cemetery
- Lockport Cemetery
- Lockport South Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
- St. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery
- St. Cyrils Cemetery
- The St. Cyrils Cemetery is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cyrils Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Mary Nativity Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
- Woodlawn Memorial Park #2
- Zarley Cemetery
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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bloomfield Village
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
- Brisbane
- Cherry Hill
- Crest Hill
- Crystal Lawns
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- East Joliet
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Elwood
- Fairmont
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
- Goodings Grove
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
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- Homer Glen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ingalls Park
- Ingalls Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
- Joliet
- Lemont
- Lockport
- Manhattan
- Mokena
- New Lenox
- Normantown
- Plainfield
- Preston Heights
- Preston Heights is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
- Rockdale
- Romeoville
- Shorewood
- Summerfield
- Walker
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 Mt. Moriah 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bolingbrook
- Joliet
- Lemont
- Lockport
- Mokena
- Romeoville
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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Will 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #107043
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #413994 (Mount Moriah Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #413994 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: Will
- Est. Elev: 200 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Joliet
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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Moriah Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |