A visit to the Pleasant Plains 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 Plains Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pleasant Plains Cemetery:
39.8687, -89.9198
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Plains Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pleasant Plains Cemetery is located in Sangamon County<2>.
The county seat for Sangamon County is located in Springfield. Springfield lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Pleasant Plains Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Pleasant Plains Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pleasant Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Irwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Irwin Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Richland Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Cogdal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cogdal Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cogdal Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Salisbury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253139 <5>
- Ashland City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Flinn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Flinn Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flinn Cemetery
- Salisbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Salisbury Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Cemetery
- Farmers Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smedly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Smedly Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedly Cemetery
- Willson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Willson Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willson Cemetery
- Berea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Berea Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- Island Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Island Grove Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove Cemetery
- Berlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Berlin Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Farmington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Farmington Cemetery is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Cemetery
- The Farmington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Farmingdale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105643 <5>
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pleasant Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pleasant Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ashland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tallula
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salisbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Prentice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prentice is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Pasfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pasfield is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasfield
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- New Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newmansville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Curran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sylvan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Philadelphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Old Princeton is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Princeton
- Loami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leland Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
- Cantrall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burlingame
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Literberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Hawthorne Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawthorne Place is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Place
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgely
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgely is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
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 Plains 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 Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Athens
- Athens lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Athens.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- New Berlin
- Petersburg
- Pleasant Plains
- 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 Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1821098 (Pleasant Plains Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1821098 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: 183 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pleasant Plains
- Location given for Pleasant Plains Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8686602 Lon: -89.9198321
- 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 Sangamon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Plains 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. |