A visit to the Saint George 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 St. George Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. George Cemetery
Lat: 41.1913° (41° 11' 28")
Lon: -87.7744° (-87° 46' 27")
The St. George Cemetery is located in Kankakee County<1>.
The county seat for Kankakee County is located in Kankakee. Kankakee lies just to the southwest of the St. George Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> of the St. George Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. George Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- State of Illinois Veterans Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kankakee Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Momence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Van Meter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beebe Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rice - Bebe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Judes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- All Saint Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old State Hospital Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aroma Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leggtown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shrontz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heusing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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]<2> of the St. George Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. George Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Saint George
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bradley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Bradley is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <7>
- Sun River Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Manteno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteno have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
- Manteno is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteno <7>
- Bourbonnais
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bourbonnais have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbonnais
- Bourbonnais is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bourbonnais <7>
- Kankakee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Momence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Momence have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momence
- Momence is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Momence <7>
- Aroma Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aroma Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Park
- Aroma Park is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aroma Park <7>
- Grant Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Peotone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Otto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sammons Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sammons Point have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
- Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
- Sammons Point has also been known as:
- Sammons Point village
- Saint Anne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anne have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anne
- Saint Anne is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,174 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anne <7>
- Hopkins Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopkins Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <7>
- Illiana Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Illinoi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Illinoi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sherburnville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beecher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Chebanse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goodrich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Papineau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodenow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wallingford
(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 St. George Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kankakee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. George Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chebanse
- Kankakee
- Manteno
- Momence
- Monee
- Peotone
- Saint Anne
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 St. George Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Kankakee County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the St. George Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 St. George Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1810680 (Saint George Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1810680 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: Bradley
- County: Kankakee Elev: 200
- Location given for GNIS #1810680 (Saint George Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Kankakee County: www.co.kankakee.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kankakee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. George Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1913, Longitude: -87.7744 |
<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 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |