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A visit to the Old Union 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 Old Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Union Cemetery (FG ID #107353)

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 Union Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   38.8710°   (38° 52' 15")

Lon:   -88.5002°   (-88° 30' 0")

The Old Union Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.

The county seat for Clay County is located in Louisville. Louisville lies just to the south of the Old Union Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Old Union Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Tolliver Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolliver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolliver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tolliver Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Burke Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burke Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • German Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The German Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • St. John Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. John Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Burge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burge Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Newton Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newton Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newton Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Newton Chapel Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Fender Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fender Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fender Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fender Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Riffle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riffle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riffle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Riffle Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Red Brush Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Brush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Brush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Red Brush Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Shouse Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shouse Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shouse Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shouse Chapel Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Bethsaida Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethsaida Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethsaida Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethsaida Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Ridge Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ridge Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Woods Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Woods Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Rodgers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodgers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodgers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rodgers Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Christian Home Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christian Home Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christian Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Christian Home Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Orchard Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Orchard Hill Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Kinnamon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinnamon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kinnamon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kinnamon Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Brooks Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brooks Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Merry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Merry Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Morris Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morris Cemetery is located in Effingham County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Union 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 Old Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Union 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 Union Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #415071  (Old Union Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #415071 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: Louisville East
    • County: Clay         Elev: 155
    • Location given for GNIS #415071 (Old Union Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #107353

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 Clay, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8710, Longitude: -88.5002    
<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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