A visit to the Plum River Catholic 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 Plum River Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Plum River Catholic Cemetery:
42.2806, -90.0476
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Plum River Catholic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Plum River Catholic Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County<2>.
The county seat for Jo Daviess County is located in Galena. Galena lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Plum River Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Massbach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Massbach Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodbine Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Albright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Albright Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Clay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Clay Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Cemetery
- Loran Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Loran Methodist Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran Methodist Cemetery
- The Loran Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Loran Cemetery
- Loran Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mosquito Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Hawk Monument Cemetery
- Blackhawk Monument Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180780 <5>
- Kent Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Lutheran Cemetery
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kent Cemetery
- Kent United Baptist Cemetery
- Old Liberal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106432 <5>
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Elizabeth Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Cemetery
- The Elizabeth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elizabeth City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972808 <5>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Renner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Renner Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Stone Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Stone Church Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Brethren Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howardsille Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Howardsille Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsille Cemetery
- West Chelsea Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The West Chelsea Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chelsea Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Plum River Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pleasant Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Stockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Polsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Loran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Elizabeth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blackhawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Pearl City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Center Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mount Carroll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <6>
- Nora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Savanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Zier Cors
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Ayers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Hickory Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Eleroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Warren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Apple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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 Plum River Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jo Daviess County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Plum River Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Apple River
- Elizabeth
- Lena
- Lena lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Mount Carroll
- Nora
- Nora lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nora.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Pearl City
- Savanna
- Savanna lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Plum River Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Savanna.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna
- Stockton
- Warren
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 websites either 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 Plum River Catholic Cemetery:
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- 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 Plum River Catholic Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #415960 (Plum River Catholic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #415960 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: Jo Daviess
- Est. Elev: 272 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stockton
- Location given for Plum River Catholic Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.2805719 Lon: -90.0476261
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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 Jo Daviess, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plum River Catholic 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. |