A visit to the Old Mazon 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 Old Mazon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Mazon Cemetery:
41.2198, -88.3978
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Mazon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Mazon Cemetery is located in Grundy County<2>.
The county seat for Grundy County is located in Morris. Morris lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Old Mazon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Mazon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Old Mazon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Mazon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wheeler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Brookside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Goodfarm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Goodfarm Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfarm Cemetery
- Braceville - Gardner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Braceville - Gardner Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braceville - Gardner Cemetery
- The Braceville - Gardner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Augustine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #168173 <5>
- Grand Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cotton Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Cemetery
- Sample Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Sample Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery
- Dwight Old Town Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Short Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Short Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Cemetery
- Holderman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Holderman Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holderman Cemetery
- McDowell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The McDowell Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell Cemetery
- Round Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Round Grove Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Braidwood.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107052 <5>
- Bohemian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Bohemian Cemetery is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemian Cemetery
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Bohemian National Cemetery is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemian National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bohemian National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Braidwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104810 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Morris Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105611 <5>
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 Old Mazon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Mazon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mazon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
- Gardner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Braceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Central City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Wauponsee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wauponsee is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauponsee
- East Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dwight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Godley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Diamond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gaslight Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Kinsman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarke City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- Braidwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sunbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reddick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Essex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Adams ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Cardiff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Seneca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <6>
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 Mazon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grundy County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Mazon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Braidwood
- Coal City
- Dwight
- Gardner
- Mazon
- Morris
- Reddick
- Seneca
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Old Mazon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Grundy 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 Old Mazon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1811075 (Old Mazon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1811075 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: Grundy
- Est. Elev: 174 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mazon
- Location given for Old Mazon Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2197548 Lon: -88.397842
- 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 Grundy, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Mazon 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. |