A visit to the Saint Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery:
42.4142, -88.6098
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in McHenry County<2>.
The county seat for McHenry County is located in Woodstock. Woodstock lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast 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 25 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.
- Chermung Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Chermung Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chermung Cemetery
- Chemung - Dunham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Dunham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The South Dunham Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dunham Cemetery
- Chester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Chester Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Stone School Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stone School Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone School Cemetery
- Alden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Alden Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Cemetery
- Big Foot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Big Foot Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Cemetery
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Burr Oak Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak Cemetery
- Dullam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Dullam Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dullam Cemetery
- Capron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Capron Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron Cemetery
- Long Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Long Prairie Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Prairie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Long Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Capron.
- The Long Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Church Cemetery
- Capron Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- East Capron
- Hauges Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105495 <5>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Cobblestone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cobblestone Cemetery is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Cemetery
- Linn - Hebron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walworth Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Brick Church Cemetery is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Blaine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Blaine Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine Cemetery
- Tound Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Bonus Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The East Bonus Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bonus Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- McHenry County Jewish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Scandinavian Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Scandinavian Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Woodstock.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108151 <5>
- Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
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:
- Harvard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Foot Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Big Foot Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Capron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Poplar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marengo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Williams Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Delavan Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
- Garden Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wonder Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
- Wonder Lake has also been known as:
- Wonder Lake village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <6>
- Darien
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Lake Como
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Allens Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Caledonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Timberlane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 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. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McHenry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Capron
- Darien
- Harvard
- Hebron
- Marengo
- Sharon
- Williams Bay
- Wonder Lake
- Woodstock
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 McHenry 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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #417443 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #417443 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: McHenry
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harvard
- Location given for Saint Joseph Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4141856 Lon: -88.6098209
- 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 McHenry, 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 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> | 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. |