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Introduction

Below you will find our list of the communities that are in the vicinity of the Shields Cemetery.

Just a reminder ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have any burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Shields Cemetery. For information of that nature, we recommend you visit Find-A-Grave's entry for the Shields Cemetery (FG ID #108226). <1>

List of Neighboring Communities ...

Below are the communities that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Shields Cemetery. We've listed the following communities based on their distance, with the closest first.

  • Borton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Omer ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Omer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
    • Saint Omer is located in Coles County
  • Kansas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
    • Kansas is located in Edgar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas <5>
  • Oakland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Redmon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redmon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmon
    • Redmon is located in Edgar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmon <5>
  • Ashmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashmore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
    • Ashmore is located in Coles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashmore <5>
  • Grandview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brocton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rardin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
    • Rardin is located in Coles County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rardin
    • From the Shields Cemetery to Rardin
  • Conlogue
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bushton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Westfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hindsboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bell Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Newman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cleone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cleone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
    • Cleone is located in Clark County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cleone
    • From the Shields Cemetery to Cleone
  • Hume
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hume have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Hume is located in Edgar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hume <5>
  • Kemp
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Charleston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarksville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Murdock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
    • Murdock is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murdock <5>
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Paris is located in Edgar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <5>
  • Hutton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oilfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Metcalf
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Metcalf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
    • Metcalf is located in Edgar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metcalf <5>
  • Filson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Filson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
    • Filson is located in Douglas County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Filson
    • From the Shields Cemetery to Filson

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Shields Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6131, Longitude: -87.9648    
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.




 

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