A visit to the Smith Family 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 Smith Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Family Cemetery:
40.5406, -91.3924
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Family Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.
The county seat for Hancock County is located in Carthage. Carthage lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Smith Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Smith Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Indian Princess Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Indian Princess Grave is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Princess Grave
- Montrose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Montrose Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Cemetery
- St. Barnabas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The St. Barnabas Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Barnabas Cemetery
- Nauvoo Old Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- F Simonin Grounds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Galland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Galland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland Cemetery
- Old Nauvoo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Old Nauvoo Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Nauvoo Cemetery
- The Old Nauvoo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marks Cemetery
- Miller Hill Cemetery
- Old Mormon Cemetery
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
- Parley Street Cemetery
- Pioneer Burial Grounds
- Pioneer Cemetery
- Pioneer Saint Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107486 <5>
- Nauvoo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Nauvoo Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Cemetery
- The Nauvoo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nauvoo City Cemetery
- Nauvoo Two Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177534 <5>
- Moon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Moon Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Cemetery
- Boyd & Peevler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Colvin Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvin Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Viele Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Viele Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viele Cemetery
- Half Breed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Half Breed Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Breed Cemetery
- Rudd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rudd Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd Cemetery
- Ambrosia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ambrosia Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrosia Cemetery
- Dudley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dudley Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Cemetery
- Sandusky Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Sandusky Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky Cemetery
- Sterns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sterns Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterns Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nauvoo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Montrose
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Galland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
- Sandusky
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffersonville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Powellton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- New Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Boston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Niota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Keokuk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sawyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sawyer is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Former names for Sawyer:
- Atlee
- Edwards
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Saint Francisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Adrian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Colusa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pontoosuc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoosuc is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Donnellson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elvaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dumas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
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 Smith Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Donnellson
- Fort Madison
- Hamilton
- Keokuk
- Montrose
- Nauvoo
- West Point
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Smith Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Hancock 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 Smith Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1812507 (Smith Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1812507 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: Hancock
- Est. Elev: 162 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nauvoo
- Location given for Smith Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5405978 Lon: -91.3923752
- 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 Hancock, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Family 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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