A visit to the Rogers 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 Rogers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rogers Cemetery:
39.1300, -88.8898
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rogers Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.
The county seat for Fayette County is located in Vandalia. Vandalia lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Rogers Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rogers Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Rogers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rogers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dunkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Springhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Springhill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Cemetery
- The Springhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Cemetery
- Springhill Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1479263 <5>
- Post Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Post Oak Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Cemetery
- Rhodes Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lorton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Blankenship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankenship Cemetery
- Yolton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Yolton Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yolton Cemetery
- St. Bonaventure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crums Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Crums Chapel Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crums Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Ranson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ranson Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranson Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Beck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Welch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- New Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Liberty Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty Cemetery
- Bob Doan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bob Doan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Doan Cemetery
- Bob Doane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bob Doane Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Doane Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Padon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Padon Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padon Cemetery
- Moccasin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Moccasin Cemetery is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tipsword Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Tipsword Cemetery is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipsword Cemetery
- Beecher City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Beecher City Cemetery is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City Cemetery
- The Beecher City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beecher Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170083 <5>
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(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 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rogers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rogers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beecher City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Holliday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Saint Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moccasin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Avena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avena
- Cowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brownstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dressor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dressor
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fancher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Ramsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mode
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Shumway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Funkhouser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Bayle City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bayle City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayle City
- Vandalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loogootee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oconee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stewardson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Rogers Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rogers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altamont
- Cowden
- Herrick
- Oconee
- Ramsey
- Saint Elmo
- Stewardson
- Vandalia
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rogers Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Rogers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1736987 (Rogers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1736987 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 181 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Herrick
- Location given for Rogers Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1300431 Lon: -88.8897863
- 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 Fayette, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rogers 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. |