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A visit to the Port Jackson 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 Port Jackson Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Port Jackson Cemetery

Lat:   38.8644°   (38° 51' 51")

Lon:   -87.7887°   (-87° 47' 19")

The Port Jackson Cemetery is located in Crawford County<1>.

The county seat for Crawford County is located in Robinson. Robinson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Port Jackson Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Port Jackson Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Charlottesville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlottesville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlottesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Charlottesville Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Richart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Richart Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Hardinville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardinville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardinville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hardinville Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Keplinger Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keplinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keplinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Keplinger Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Waggoner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waggoner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waggoner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Waggoner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waggoner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waggoner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Mickey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mickey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mickey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mickey Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Nuttle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nuttle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nuttle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Nuttle Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Cecedar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cecedar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cecedar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cecedar Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Sears Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sears Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sears Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sears Cemetery is located in Crawford County
  • Cotton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cotton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cotton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cotton Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Conover Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Conover Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Crawford County
    • Tohill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tohill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tohill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tohill Cemetery is located in Crawford County
    • Prior Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prior Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prior Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Prior Grove Cemetery is located in Crawford County
    • Bluffs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluffs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluffs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bluffs Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Morris Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morris Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Pollard Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dollahan Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dollahan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dollahan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dollahan Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jones Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Crawford County
    • Rich Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rich Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rich Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rich Cemetery is located in Crawford 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]<2> of the Port Jackson Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Port Jackson 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 Port Jackson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Crawford County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Port Jackson Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Port Jackson 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 Port Jackson Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #416039  (Port Jackson Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #416039 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: Chauncey
    • County: Crawford         Elev: 141
    • Location given for GNIS #416039 (Port Jackson Cemetery)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 Port Jackson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8644, Longitude: -87.7887    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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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