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. 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 St. George Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. George Cemetery:
38.5487, -90.1054
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. George Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. George Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County<2>.
The county seat for Saint Clair County is located in Belleville. Belleville lies just to the east southeast of the St. George Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. George Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the St. George Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. George Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lark Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark Cemetery
- Concordia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Concordia Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forever Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107027 <5>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Bohnemeier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bohnemeier Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohnemeier Cemetery
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. James Catholic Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. James Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Millstadt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107872 <5>
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Valhalla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Valhalla Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valhalla Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Adalbert Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Adalbert Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Clair Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Clair Memorial Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Clair Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Clair Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Fairview Heights.
- The St. Clair Memorial Park has also been known as:
- French Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107853 <5>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Kleinschmidt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kleinschmidt Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleinschmidt Cemetery
- Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Evergreen Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
- Old St. Clair County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Badgley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Badgley Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badgley Cemetery
- Kampmeyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kampmeyer Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampmeyer Cemetery
- Baltz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Baltz Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltz Cemetery
- Old Millstadt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Millstadt Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Millstadt Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 St. George Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. George Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Centreville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Alorton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Imbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Gartside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- Falling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- French Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Sauget
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cahokia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dupo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <6>
- East Saint Louis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bunkum
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Millstadt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Swansea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Washington Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- National City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Carondelet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Carondelet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
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 Saint Clair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. George Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belleville
- Cahokia
- Columbia
- Dupo
- Dupo lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the St. George Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dupo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- East Saint Louis
- Fairview Heights
- Millstadt
- Saint Louis
- Swansea
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 St. George Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Saint Clair 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 St. George Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #426500 (Saint George Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #426500 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: St. Clair
- Est. Elev: 150 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: French Village
- Location given for Saint George Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.5486622 Lon: -90.1053864
- 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 Saint Clair, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. George 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. |