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A visit to the Saint Stephens German Catholic 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. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery:

41.8992, -88.1112

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

The St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery is located in DuPage County<2>.

The county seat for DuPage County is located in Wheaton. Wheaton lies just to the south of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Cloverdale Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale Cemetery
  • St. Isadores Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The St. Isadores Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Isadores Cemetery
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Glen Ellyn.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105695 <5>
  • St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wheaton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Wheaton Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton Cemetery
  • St. Andrew Ukrain Orthodx Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Glen Oak Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak Cemetery
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Assumption Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Assumption Cemetery is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption Cemetery
  • Babcock's Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bloomingdale Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Bloomingdale Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale Cemetery
    • Old Ontarioville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wayne Twp. Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Wayne Twp. Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Twp. Cemetery
    • St. Marys Lombard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ontarioville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Ontarioville Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville Cemetery
    • Warrenville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Warrenville Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Cemetery
    • Allerton Ridge Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boeger Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Boeger Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boeger Cemetery
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Pauls Addison Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Freinenigreit Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Freinenigreit Cemetery is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freinenigreit Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Carol Stream
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wheaton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Glen Ellyn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Glendale Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cloverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Winfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomingdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Keeneyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
  • Ingalton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ingalton is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
  • Lombard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Addison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Chicago
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • West Chicago is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Warrenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lisle is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <6>
    • York Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • York Center is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
    • Villa Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Villa Park is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
    • Medinah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roselle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bartlett
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanover Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Utopia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Utopia is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Oak Brook Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
    • Itasca
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Downers Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • South Elmhurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
    • Elmhurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Wood Dale
      (8 miles [12.9 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. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery. The following communities are located in DuPage County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Addison
    • Addison lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Addison.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
  • Bloomingdale
  • Carol Stream
  • Downers Grove
  • Elmhurst
  • Glen Ellyn
  • Glendale Heights
  • Lisle
    • Lisle lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lisle.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
  • Lombard
    • Lombard lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lombard.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
  • Roselle
    • Roselle lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Roselle.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
  • Villa Park
  • Warrenville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Continue List   (4 more)
      • Wayne lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wayne.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
    • West Chicago
    • Wheaton
      • Wheaton lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the South (S) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wheaton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
    • Winfield
      • Winfield lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the St. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Winfield.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield

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 helpful 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. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to DuPage 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. Stephens German Catholic Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #422065  (Saint Stephens German Catholic Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #422065 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: DuPage
      • Est. Elev: 241 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Lombard
      • Location given for Saint Stephens German Catholic Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.8991955     Lon: -88.1111805
      • 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 DuPage, 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. Stephens German Catholic 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.