A visit to the Saint Marys 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. Marys Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marys Cemetery:
41.2778, -89.5384
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bureau County<2>.
The county seat for Bureau County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies just to the north northeast of the St. Marys Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Marys Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Bloom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Triplett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Triplett Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- The Hunter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottage Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267621 <5>
- Jenkins - Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Milo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Milo Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107273 <5>
- Sapp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sapp Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapp Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Fifield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Fifield Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield Cemetery
- Bunker Hills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Bunker Hills Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hills Cemetery
- Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mound Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- The Mound Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boyds Grove Cemetery
- Boyds Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104840 <5>
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Lone Tree Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Elm Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Elm Lawn Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Lawn Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Woodlawn - Stoner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tiskilwa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Milo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Wyanet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <6>
- Buda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hennepin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- De Pue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hollowayville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Malden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Neponset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Castleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manlius
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seatonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Modena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Mark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ottville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottville
- Greenoak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenoak is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenoak
- Limerick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Limerick is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
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. Marys Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bureau County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradford
- Buda
- Buda lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Buda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
- De Pue
- Hennepin
- Henry
- Manlius
- Neponset
- Princeton
- Sheffield
- Tiskilwa
- Wyanet
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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. Marys Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Bureau 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. Marys Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1721018 (Saint Marys Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1721018 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: Bureau
- Est. Elev: 220 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wyanet
- Location given for Saint Marys Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2778149 Lon: -89.5384273
- 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 Bureau, 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. Marys 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. |