A visit to the Stone Church 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 Stone Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stone Church Cemetery:
42.2178, -89.8798
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stone Church Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stone Church Cemetery is located in Stephenson County<2>.
The county seat for Stephenson County is located in Freeport. Freeport lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Stone Church Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stone Church Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Stone Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stone Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Loran Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Loran Methodist Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran Methodist Cemetery
- The Loran Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Loran Cemetery
- Loran Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Renner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Renner Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Cemetery
- Clay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clay Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Cemetery
- Sabin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Sabin Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin Cemetery
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Hawk Monument Cemetery
- Blackhawk Monument Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180780 <5>
- Wolf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Wolf Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Cemetery
- Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Georgetown and Zier Cors. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Zier Cors.
- Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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- Arnolds Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Methodist Evangelical Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Babbs Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Babbs Grove Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbs Grove Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kent Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Lutheran Cemetery
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kent Cemetery
- Kent United Baptist Cemetery
- Old Liberal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106432 <5>
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Wendelin Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wendelin Cemetery
- Liebhart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Liebhart Cemetery is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebhart Cemetery
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 Stone Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stone Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Loran
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Pearl City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zier Cors
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Pleasant Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Polsgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Lanark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shannon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Mount Carroll
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eleroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <7>
- Stockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Harper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Chadwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baileyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Stone Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stephenson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stone Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Freeport
- Lanark
- Lena
- Lena lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Stone Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Mount Carroll
- Pearl City
- Shannon
- Stockton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Stone Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Stephenson 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 Stone Church Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1955413 (Stone Church Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1955413 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: Stephenson
- Est. Elev: 282 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Loran
- Location given for Stone Church Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.2177981 Lon: -89.8798437
- 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 Stephenson, 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- Stone Church 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Georgetown and Zier Cors. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |