A visit to the Saint Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Joseph Cemetery (FG ID #107930).
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. Joseph Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery:
40.9703, -87.6959
The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Iroquois County<2>.
The county seat for Iroquois County is located in Watseka. Watseka lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south of the St. Joseph Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Joseph Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. Joseph Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Papineau Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- St. Anne Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anne Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Teege Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Teege Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teege Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concordia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Burg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Burg Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Burg Cemetery
- Greentown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Greentown Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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- Guiding Star Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leggtown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lyman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lyman Cemetery is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman Cemetery
- J H Grant Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rice - Bebe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beebe Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aroma Park Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- L'Erable Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Papineau
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beaverville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donovan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkins Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- 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 <5>
- L'Erable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aroma Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sammons Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
- Sammons Point has also been known as:
- Sammons Point village
- Sun River Terrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Iroquois
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chebanse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Morocco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Watseka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Momence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kankakee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ashkum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint George
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sheldon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Bradley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Iroquois County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashkum
- Chebanse
- Donovan
- Kankakee
- Martinton
- Momence
- Morocco
- Saint Anne
- Sheldon
- Watseka
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. Joseph Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Iroquois 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. Joseph Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #107930
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #417433 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #417433 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: Iroquois
- Est. Elev: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beaverville
- Location given for Saint Joseph Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9703111 Lon: -87.6955904
- 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 Iroquois, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Joseph 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. |