A visit to the Saint John's Lutheran 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. John's Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
40.5228, -88.4978
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is located in McLean County<2>.
The county seat for McLean County is located in Bloomington. Bloomington lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the west of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Anchor Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Anchor Twp. Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Twp. Cemetery
- Township Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Township Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Township Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Plymouth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Plymouth Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Old Township Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Township Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Township Cemetery
- Township Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Township Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Township Cemetery
- Cropsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Cropsey Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropsey Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Wiley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Wiley Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Drummer Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawndale Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136522 <5>
- Spence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Spence Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Arrowsmith Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Strawn Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawn Cemetery
- South Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Anchor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garber
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garber is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Saybrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cropsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson City is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
- Gibson City has also been known as:
- Gibson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <6>
- Sibley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsmith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Proctor is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Strawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foosland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ellsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellflower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elliott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Avon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glen Avon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- Laurette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laurette is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
- Melvin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lotus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lotus is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Fairbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kumler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kumler is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
- Fisher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Forrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McLean County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arrowsmith
- Bellflower
- Colfax
- Colfax lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Colfax.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Cooksville
- Ellsworth
- Fairbury
- Fisher
- Fisher lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fisher.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Forrest
- Forrest lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Forrest.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Gibson City
- Lexington
- Melvin
- Melvin lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Melvin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Roberts
- Sibley
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 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. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to McLean 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. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1952816 (Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1952816 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: McLean
- Est. Elev: 247 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sibley
- Location given for Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5228118 Lon: -88.4978359
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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 McLean, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. John's Lutheran 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. |