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Introduction ...

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. Paul Lutheran Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   39.1203°   (39° 7' 13")

Lon:   -88.7098°   (-88° 42' 35")

The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery is located in Effingham County<2>.

The county seat for Effingham County is located in Effingham. Effingham lies just to the east of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.<4>

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

  • German Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Methodist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The German Methodist Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Moccasin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moccasin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moccasin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Moccasin Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • St. Clare Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clare Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clare Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Clare Catholic Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • McCoy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCoy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McCoy Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Fremington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fremington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fremington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fremington Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Blue Point Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Point Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Point Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blue Point Baptist Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Funkhouser Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Funkhouser Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Funkhouser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Funkhouser Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Arborcrest Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arborcrest Memorial Park
    • The Arborcrest Memorial Park is located in Effingham County
    • The Arborcrest Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Arborcrest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #216589 <5>
  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Effingham County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grubb Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beecher City Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beecher City Cemetery
      • The Beecher City Cemetery is located in Effingham County
      • The Beecher City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Beecher Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170083 <5>
    • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tipsword Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tipsword Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tipsword Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tipsword Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Miller Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miller Chapel Cemetery is located in Effingham County
    • Shumway Methodist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.

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

  • Dexter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dexter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
    • Dexter is located in Effingham County
  • Moccasin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
    • Moccasin is located in Effingham County
  • Altamont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Altamont is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,350 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altamont <7>
  • Funkhouser
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
    • Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
  • Shumway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shumway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
    • Shumway is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shumway <7>
  • Beecher City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
    • Beecher City is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
  • Effingham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gilmore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gilmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • Gilmore is located in Effingham County
  • Holliday
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
    • Holliday is located in Fayette County
  • Saint Elmo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Saint Elmo is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Elmo <7>
  • Howards Point ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
    • Howards Point is located in Fayette County
  • Fancher
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fancher. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
    • Fancher is located in Shelby County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Watson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson is located in Effingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson <7>
    • Heartville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
      • Heartville is located in Effingham County
    • Stewardson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewardson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewardson
      • Stewardson is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stewardson <7>
    • Mode
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
      • Mode is located in Shelby County
    • Cowden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
      • Cowden is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowden <7>
    • Mason
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Effingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <7>
    • Teutopolis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Edgewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Effingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <7>
    • Sigel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Avena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avena
      • Avena is located in Fayette County
    • Brownstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
      • Brownstown is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownstown <7>

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. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Effingham County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Altamont
  • Cowden
    • Cowden lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cowden.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
  • Effingham
  • Herrick
    • Herrick lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Herrick.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick
  • Saint Elmo
  • Sigel
    • Sigel lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sigel.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigel
  • Stewardson
  • Strasburg
  • Teutopolis

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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. Paul Lutheran 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. Paul Lutheran Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1810542  (Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1810542 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: Altamont East
    • County: Effingham         Elev: 192
    • Location given for GNIS #1810542 (Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery)

The official website for Effingham County: www.co.effingham.il.us/

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

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 Effingham, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1203, Longitude: -88.7098       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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