A visit to the Old Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...
The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Sangamon County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Anderson Cemetery
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Berlin Cemetery
- The Berlin Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Bridges Cemetery
- The Bridges Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Springfield.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104996 <2>
- Cloyd Cemetery
- The Cloyd Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Crowder Cemetery
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Farmington Cemetery
- The Farmington Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- The Farmington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Farmingdale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105643 <2>
- Foster Cemetery
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Harrison Cemetery
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Hopwood Cemetery
- The Hopwood Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lincoln Tomb
- The Lincoln Tomb is located in Sangamon County
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- McGinnis Cemetery
- The McGinnis Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- McKinnie Cemetery
- The McKinnie Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Morgan Cemetery
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107259 <2>
- Patterson Cemetery
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Salisbury Cemetery
- The Salisbury Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Shelton Cemetery
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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- Young Cemetery
- The Young Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
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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 Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Athens
- Auburn
- Berlin
- Berlin is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Cantrall
- Chatham
- Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Curran
- Curran is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Glenarm
- Grandview
- Grandview is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
- Hawthorne Place
- Hawthorne Place is located in Sangamon County
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- Jerome
- Jerome is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Leland Grove
- Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Loami
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
- Maxwell is located in Sangamon County
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- New Berlin
- Pasfield
- Pasfield is located in Sangamon County
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- Pleasant Plains
- Ridgely
- Ridgely is located in Sangamon County
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- Riverton
- Rochester
- Salisbury
- Salisbury is located in Sangamon County
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- Sherman
- Southern View
- Southern View is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Spaulding
- Spaulding is located in Sangamon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
- Springfield
- Tallula
- Woodside
- Woodside is located in Sangamon County
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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 Salem Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sangamon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Auburn
- New Berlin
- Pleasant Plains
- Riverton
- Rochester
- Springfield
- Tallula
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Sangamon 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #415053 (Old Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #415053 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: Sangamon
- Est. Elev: 181 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Farmingdale
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Sangamon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Old Salem Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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