A visit to the Rossville Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Rossville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rossville Cemetery (FG ID #200032).
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 Rossville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rossville Cemetery:
40.3736, -87.6733
The Rossville Cemetery is located in Vermilion County<2>.
The county seat for Vermilion County is located in Danville. Danville lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south of the Rossville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rossville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Rossville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rossville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mann's Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Redtop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ingersoll Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Potomac Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gundy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Lynn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jordan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Jordan Cemetery is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Cemetery
- Floral Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- New Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Partlow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Higginsville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Leonard Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Rossville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rossville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rossville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alvin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Hoopeston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potomac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bismarck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Lynn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ambia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rankin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Illiana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- State Line City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- State Line City is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Penfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Newell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Claytonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Rossville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Vermilion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rossville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ambia
- Hoopeston
- Potomac
- Rankin
- Rossville
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 Rossville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Vermilion 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 Rossville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #200032
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1951099 (Rossville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1951099 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: Vermilion
- Topo Map Name: Unknown
- Location given for Rossville Cemetery:
- Lat: 0 Lon: 0
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rossville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |