A visit to the Rook's Creek 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 Rook's Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rook's Creek Cemetery:
40.8731, -88.7215
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rook's Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rook's Creek Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies just to the east northeast of the Rook's Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rook's Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Rook's Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rook's Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walden Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Walden Farm Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Farm Cemetery
- McMillan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The McMillan Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Cemetery
- Corbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Corbins Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbins Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Rowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowe Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- Pike Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pike Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- Pontiac City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Pontiac City Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac City Cemetery
- The Pontiac City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pontiac Southside Cemetery
- South Side Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #288460 <5>
- Zooks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Zooks Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Cemetery
- Bayou Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bayou Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cemetery
- Earp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Earp Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earp Cemetery
- Nigh Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Nigh Chapel Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nigh Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cornell Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Payne Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Houder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Houder Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houder Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Memorial Park is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Morris Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Springer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Springer Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Center Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Waldo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Waldo Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo Cemetery
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Patty Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty Cemetery
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 Rook's Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rook's Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Graymont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pontiac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pontiac is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <6>
- McDowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McDowell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Flanagan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Chenoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Swygert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Swygert is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Gridley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Long Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <6>
- Dana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eylar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eylar is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Ancona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Missal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Missal is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Panola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vermilion City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vermilion City is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion City
- Coalville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coalville is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Saunemin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Budd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Budd is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Minonk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodford is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
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 Rook's Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rook's Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chenoa
- Cornell
- Fairbury
- Flanagan
- Gridley
- Lexington
- Long Point
- Minonk
- Odell
- Odell lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Rook's Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Pontiac
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 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 Rook's Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Rook's Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1737659 (Rook's Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1737659 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Southwest Pontiac
- Location given for Rook's Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8730892 Lon: -88.721454
- 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 Livingston, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rook's Creek 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. |