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A visit to the Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Nauvoo Cemetery (FG ID #2177534)

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 Nauvoo Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.5488°   (40° 32' 55")

Lon:   -91.3533°   (-91° 21' 11")

The Nauvoo Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.

The county seat for Hancock County is located in Carthage. Carthage lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Nauvoo Cemetery .

Establishment of the Nauvoo Cemetery ...

The Nauvoo Cemetery was established in 1870.

Name Variations for Nauvoo 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.

Nauvoo Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Nauvoo City Cemetery
  • Nauvoo Two 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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Nauvoo Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Dundey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dundey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dundey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dundey Cemetery is located in Hancock County
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Family Cemetery is located in Hancock County
  • Indian Princess Grave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Princess Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Princess Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Indian Princess Grave is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montrose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Montrose Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • St. Barnabas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Barnabas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Barnabas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Barnabas Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Galland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Galland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • F Simonin Grounds Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the F Simonin Grounds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the F Simonin Grounds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The F Simonin Grounds Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Thornber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thornber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Thornber Cemetery is located in Hancock County
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Moon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Moon Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Boyd & Peevler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd & Peevler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd & Peevler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boyd & Peevler Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Colvin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colvin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Colvin Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Sandusky Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandusky Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandusky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sandusky Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Sterns Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sterns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sterns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sterns Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Appanoose Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Appanoose Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Appanoose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Appanoose Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Ft. Madison City Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Madison City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Madison City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ft. Madison City Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Half Breed Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Half Breed Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Half Breed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Half Breed Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Viele Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Viele Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Viele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Viele Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Rudd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rudd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rudd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rudd Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Iowa State Prison Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iowa State Prison Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iowa State Prison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Iowa State Prison Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Hoffmeister Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoffmeister Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoffmeister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hoffmeister Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Hillcrest Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hillcrest Memorial Park is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Box Groves Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Box Groves Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Box Groves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Box Groves Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Cherry Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cherry Hill Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Hyde Grounds Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyde Grounds Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hyde Grounds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hyde Grounds Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Gethsemans Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gethsemans Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gethsemans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gethsemans Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)

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 Nauvoo Cemetery.

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

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 Nauvoo Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Records ...
  • GNIS ID #414308  (Nauvoo Two Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #414308 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: Niota
    • County: Hancock         Elev: 203
    • Location given for GNIS #414308 (Nauvoo Two Cemetery)
  • GNIS ID #415034  (Nauvoo City Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #415034 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: Niota
    • County: Hancock         Elev: 204
    • Location given for GNIS #415034 (Nauvoo City Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2177534

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 Hancock, 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 things 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 Nauvoo Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5488, Longitude: -91.3533    
<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>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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