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A visit to the Old Homer Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Old Homer Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.0549°   (40° 3' 17")

Lon:   -87.9611°   (-87° 57' 39")

The Old Homer Cemetery is located in Champaign County<1>.

The county seat for Champaign County is located in Urbana. Urbana lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Old Homer Cemetery .

Name Variations for Old Homer 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.

Old Homer Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Dunkard 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 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Old Homer Cemetery.<3>

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

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Old Homer Cemetery.

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

  • Homer
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <7>
  • Ogden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogden have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Ogden is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <7>
  • Rutherford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sidney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Sidney is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <7>
  • Fairmount
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmount have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Fairmount is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmount <7>
  • Fithian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fithian have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fithian
    • Fithian is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fithian <7>
  • Muncie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muncie have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncie
    • Muncie is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncie <7>
  • Mayview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Allerton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allerton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
    • Allerton is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allerton <7>
  • Royal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Philo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
    • Philo is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <7>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Broadlands
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadlands have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadlands
      • Broadlands is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadlands <7>
    • Oakwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Vermilion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <7>
    • Mira
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Missionfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Glenburn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Longview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
      • Longview is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longview <7>
    • Sidell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidell have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell
      • Sidell is located in Vermilion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidell <7>
    • Belgium Row
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Newtown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Palermo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palermo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
      • Palermo is located in Edgar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Palermo
      • From the Old Homer Cemetery to Palermo
    • Archie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Catlin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catlin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
      • Catlin is located in Vermilion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <7>
    • Urbana
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Old Homer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Champaign County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Old Homer 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 Old Homer Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1947970  (Dunkard Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1947970 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: Unknown
    • County: Champaign
    • Location given for GNIS #1947970 (Dunkard Cemetery)

The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Champaign, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 Old Homer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0549, Longitude: -87.9611    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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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