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A visit to the Saint Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Johns Cemetery (FG ID #107901)

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. Johns Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Johns Cemetery

Lat:   38.7123°   (38° 42' 44")

Lon:   -90.1236°   (-90° 7' 24")

The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.

The county seat for Madison County is located in Edwardsville. Edwardsville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the St. Johns Cemetery .

Establishment of the St. Johns Cemetery ...

The St. Johns Cemetery was established in 1863.

Name Variations for St. Johns Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:

  • St. John United Church of Christ Cemetery
  • St. John United Church of Christ Old Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the St. Johns Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Brooklyn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooklyn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooklyn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brooklyn Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
  • New Bethlehem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Frieden Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frieden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frieden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Frieden Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Bellefontaine Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Peters Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Western Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Western Lutheran Cemetery is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
  • Old Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Lutheran Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Holly Cross Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Cross Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Cross Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holly Cross Lutheran Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Krome Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krome Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krome Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Krome Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Old St. Johns Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old St. Johns Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Glen Carbon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Carbon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Carbon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Glen Carbon Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Virgin Mary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virgin Mary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Virgin Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Virgin Mary Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls UCC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauls UCC Cemetery is located in Madison County

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 St. Johns Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Granite City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Nameoki
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Madison
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Newport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Venice
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Venice is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,852 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <6>
  • Pontoon Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pontoon Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon Beach
    • Pontoon Beach is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontoon Beach <6>
  • Brooklyn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooklyn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
  • Fairmont City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
    • Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
  • Mitchell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brooks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brooks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Brooks is located in Madison County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Brooks
    • From the St. Johns Cemetery to Brooks
  • Glasgow Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
    • Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • National City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National City
    • National City is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <6>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East Saint Louis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Washington Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Riverview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
    • Baden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bellefontaine Neighbors
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellefontaine Neighbors have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
      • Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
    • Moline Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
      • Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
    • Saint Louis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bunkum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Caseyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Poag
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poag. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
      • Poag is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Poag
      • From the St. Johns Cemetery to Poag
    • Spanish Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
      • Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
    • Castle Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
      • Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
    • Jennings
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
      • Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
    • Flordell Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flordell Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
      • Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people

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. Johns Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Johns Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 St. Johns Cemetery:

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. Johns Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #417371  (Saint Johns Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #417371 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: Monks Mound
    • County: Madison         Elev: 172
    • Location given for GNIS #417371 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #107901

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 Madison, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Johns Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7123, Longitude: -90.1236    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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