A visit to the Springley 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 Springley Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Springley Family Cemetery:
38.8562, -90.0279
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Springley Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Springley Family Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Edwardsville. Edwardsville lies just to the southeast of the Springley Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Springley Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Springley Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Springley Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Montgomery Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Smith Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Family Cemetery
- Sanders Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Preuitt Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pruett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vaughn Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Vaughn Hill Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn Hill Cemetery
- Wanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wanda Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda Cemetery
- Eberhart Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Lawn Memory Gardens is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Lawn Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Bethalto.
- The Rose Lawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens / Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968588 <5>
- Woodlawn Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Association Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethalto UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bethalto UMC Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethalto UMC Cemetery
- The Bethalto UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethalto City Cemetery
- Bethalto Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640641 <5>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Valley View Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Lusk Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lusk Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk Family Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Boniface Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Edwardsville.
- The St. Boniface Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107845 <5>
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Short Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Cemetery
- East Alton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The East Alton Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton Cemetery
- Milton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grover - Gifford Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ballard Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Cemetery
- Wolf Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wolf Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Family Cemetery
- Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Paddock - Flagg Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
- The Paddock - Flagg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paddock Cemetery
- Paddock Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107388 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Springley Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Springley Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Roxana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wood River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethalto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Cottage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Rosewood Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- Poag
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Glen Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fruit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Dorsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pontoon Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prairietown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- West Alton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nameoki
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Hamel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Belmont Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Altamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Springley Family Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Springley Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alton
- Alton lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Springley Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Edwardsville
- Wood River
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 Springley Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Springley Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #419009 (Springley Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #419009 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 150 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wood River
- Location given for Springley Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8561586 Lon: -90.0278824
- 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 Madison, 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- Springley 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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