A visit to the Rock Island County Fome 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 Rock Island County Fome Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery:
41.4056, -90.4732
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rock Island County Fome Cemetery is located in Rock Island County<2>.
The county seat for Rock Island County is located in Rock Island. Rock Island lies just to the northwest of the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Island County Fome Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Homestead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Homestead Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Coal Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Coal Valley Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley Cemetery
- Western Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Western Twp. Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Western Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Orion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108818 <5>
- Glennwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Glennwood Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennwood Cemetery
- The Glennwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105837 <5>
- Rose Lawn Memorial Estates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock River View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bowlesburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bowlesburg Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesburg Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Memorial Park is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- William Carr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The William Carr Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Carr Cemetery
- Hebrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Memorial Park is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Dickson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dickson Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Schoening Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Sherrard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Sherrard Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrard Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Green Bush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Green Bush Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bush Cemetery
- The Green Bush Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brush Hill Cemetery
- Brushwood Cemetery
- Greenbush Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105908 <5>
- Orion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenview Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Island County Fome Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coal Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coyne Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Sherrard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Briar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Carbon Cliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silvis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Moline is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
- Rock Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preemption
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bettendorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lynn Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Barstow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Osco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Davenport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Panorama Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Taylor Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Rock Island County Fome Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rock Island County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bettendorf
- Davenport
- East Moline
- Milan
- Milan lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Milan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Moline
- Moline lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Moline.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Orion
- Orion lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Rock Island County Fome Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Orion.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Rock Island
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 Rock Island County Fome Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Rock Island 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 Rock Island County Fome Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1967773 (Rock Island County Fome Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1967773 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: Rock Island
- Est. Elev: 223 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coal Valley
- Location given for Rock Island County Fome Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4055902 Lon: -90.4731875
- 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 Rock Island, 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 from Point A (ie- Rock Island County Fome 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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