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A visit to the Pells Park 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 Pells Park Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pells Park Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   40.4581°   (40° 27' 29")

Lon:   -88.0875°   (-88° 5' 15")

The Pells Park Cemetery is located in Ford County<2>.

The county seat for Ford County is located in Paxton. Paxton lies just to the west of the Pells Park Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Pells Park Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Prospect Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Prospect Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Ten Mile Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ten Mile Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ten Mile Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ten Mile Grove Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Hall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hall Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Meharry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meharry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meharry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Meharry Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Trickle Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trickle Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trickle Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Trickle Grove Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Ridge Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
  • Huffman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huffman Cemetery
    • The Huffman Cemetery is located in Champaign County
  • Ludlow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ludlow Cemetery
    • The Ludlow Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ludlow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ludlow.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106685 <5>
  • Harwood Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harwood Chapel Cemetery
    • The Harwood Chapel Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • The Harwood Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Webber Cemetery
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Farmersville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmersville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farmersville Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Oregon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oregon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oregon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oregon Cemetery is located in Ford County
    • Pontoppidan Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pontoppidan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pontoppidan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pontoppidan Cemetery is located in Ford County
    • Pellville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
      • The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Chenoweth Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chenoweth Cemetery
      • The Chenoweth Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Patton Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patton Cemetery
      • The Patton Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
      • The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Champaign County
    • Eden Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Cemetery
      • The Eden Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Eden Cemetery has also been known as:
      • American Luthern Church Cemetery
    • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Holy Sepulchre Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Catholic Cemetery
      • Rantoul Catholic Cemetery
      • Rantoul Holy Speulchre Cemetery
      • St. Malachy Cemetery
    • Tomlinson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomlinson Cemetery
      • The Tomlinson Cemetery is located in Champaign County
      • The Tomlinson Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery
    • Rankin Union Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rankin Union Cemetery
      • The Rankin Union Cemetery is located in Vermilion County
      • The Rankin Union Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Karter Cemetery
      • Rankin Cemetery
      • Union Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960194 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pells Park Cemetery.

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

  • Paxton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paxton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
    • Paxton is located in Ford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paxton <6>
  • Loda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loda
    • Loda is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loda <6>
  • Ludlow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludlow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Ludlow is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludlow <6>
  • Buckley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley
    • Buckley is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckley <6>
  • Elliott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gifford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
    • Gifford is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gifford <6>
  • Rankin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rankin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
    • Rankin is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rankin <6>
  • Prospect
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Champaign County
  • Rantoul
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rantoul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
    • Rantoul is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,305 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rantoul <6>
  • Roberts
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Roberts is located in Ford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberts <6>
  • Melvin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Ford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvin <6>
  • Cissna Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cissna Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cissna Park
    • Cissna Park is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cissna Park <6>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Penfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dewey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
      • Dewey is located in Champaign County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <6>
    • Thawville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thawville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thawville
      • Thawville is located in Iroquois County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thawville <6>
    • Thomasboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasboro
      • Thomasboro is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasboro <6>
    • Flatville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
      • Flatville is located in Champaign County
    • Armstrong
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Lynn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
      • East Lynn is located in Vermilion County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Lynn <6>
    • Claytonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Del Rey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey
      • Del Rey is located in Iroquois County
    • Gibson City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
      • Gibson City is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
      • Gibson City has also been known as:
      • Gibson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <6>
    • Fisher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,911 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <6>
    • Garber
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garber. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
      • Garber is located in Ford County
    • Proctor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Proctor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Proctor is located in Ford County
    • Goodwine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ridgeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
      • Ridgeville is located in Iroquois County
    • Sibley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sibley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Sibley is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sibley <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 Pells Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ford County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pells Park 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 Pells Park 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 Pells Park Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #415517  (Pells Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #415517 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: Paxton
    • County: Ford         Elev: 242
    • Location given for GNIS #415517 (Pells Park)

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

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 Ford, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pells Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4581, Longitude: -88.0875       In this case, the coordinates for the Pells Park Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<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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