A visit to the Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery:
39.2170, -88.8984
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Shelbyville. Shelbyville lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pleasant Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lorton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mud Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mud Run Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Prairie Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mound Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- Hudson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hudson Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Myers Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Cemetery
- Bob Doan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bob Doan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Doan Cemetery
- Bob Doane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bob Doane Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Doane Cemetery
- Askins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Askins Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askins Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Red Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Red Bank Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Cemetery
- Horsman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Horsman Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsman Cemetery
- Corley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Corley Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley Cemetery
- Ranson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ranson Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranson Cemetery
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 Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pleasant Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Holliday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Cowden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beecher City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Fancher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Dressor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dressor
- Moccasin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Mode
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Ramsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oconee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Saint Elmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shumway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Avena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avena
- Dexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Stewardson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bayle City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bayle City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayle City
- Brownstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Funkhouser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Strasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosamond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altamont
- Cowden
- Herrick
- Oconee
- Oconee lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oconee.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
- Pana
- Pana lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pana.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pana
- Ramsey
- Ramsey lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ramsey.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Saint Elmo
- Shelbyville
- Stewardson
- Strasburg
- Tower Hill
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 helpful 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 Pleasant Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 Pleasant Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1725307 (Pleasant Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1725307 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 174 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Herrick
- Location given for Pleasant Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2169866 Lon: -88.8984013
- 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 Shelby, 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- Pleasant Grove 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. |
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