A visit to the Sheets 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 Sheets Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sheets Cemetery:
37.1314, -89.1128
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sheets Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sheets Cemetery is located in Pulaski County<2>.
The county seat for Pulaski County is located in Mound City. Mound City lies just to the southwest of the Sheets Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sheets Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Sheets Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sheets Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- King - McNeil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hogendobler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hogendobler Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogendobler Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- Spencer Heights Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Thistlewood Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistlewood Cemetery
- Mound City National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Green Lawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Cairo City Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo City Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Old Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old Shiloh Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shiloh Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107966 <5>
- Old Hazelwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Hazelwood Cemetery is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hazelwood Cemetery
- Bridgewater Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bridgewater Graveyard is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Graveyard
- Oscar Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Oscar Community Cemetery is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar Community Cemetery
- The Oscar Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oscar Baptist Church Cemetery
- Oscar Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141914 <5>
- Calvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Calvin Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Lackey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lackey Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Cemetery
- New Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The New Shiloh Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Shiloh Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Barlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Barlow Cemetery is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Cemetery
- Northington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Northington Cemetery is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northington Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sheets Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sheets Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Olmsted
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Mounds
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Barlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Cairo Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Pulaski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cache
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Future City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Future City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- La Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bandana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Grand Chain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ullin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Grand Chain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wickliffe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tamms
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Ragland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Perks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kevil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Karnak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Olive Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Miller City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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 Sheets Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pulaski County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sheets Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cairo
- Cairo lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Sheets Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- La Center
- Mound City
- Mounds
- Wickliffe
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 Sheets Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Pulaski 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 Sheets Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #418328 (Sheets Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #418328 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: Pulaski
- Est. Elev: 106 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Olmsted
- Location given for Sheets Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1314406 Lon: -89.1128499
- 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 Pulaski, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sheets 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. |
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