A visit to the Sunny Slope 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 Sunny Slope Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunny Slope Cemetery:
40.8903, -88.4114
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sunny Slope Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sunny Slope Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west of the Sunny Slope Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sunny Slope Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Sunny Slope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunny Slope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Saunemin Five Mile Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Sullivan Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sullivan Center Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Center Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Swygert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Swygert Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert Cemetery
- North Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The West Lawn Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Emington.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Call Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326028 <5>
- Avoca Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Avoca Twp. Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca Twp. Cemetery
- The Avoca Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avoca Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104580 <5>
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Patty Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Houder Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Houder Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houder Cemetery
- Broughton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Broughton Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108062 <5>
- East Side Cemetery of Odell Township
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Odell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Odell Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108635 <5>
- Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Memorial Park is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Forrest Twp. Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest Twp. Cemetery
- The Forrest Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #631073 <5>
- Five Mile Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Five Mile Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is also located in Livingston County
- 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 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunny Slope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunny Slope Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Saunemin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eylar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eylar is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Griswold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griswold is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Wing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wing is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Emington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swygert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swygert is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Cullom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Charlotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- McDowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDowell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Forrest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kempton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Odell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Odell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <6>
- Cayuga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cayuga is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Campus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Pontiac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pontiac is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <6>
- Cabery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Piper City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dwight is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <6>
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 Sunny Slope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunny Slope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chatsworth
- Cullom
- Dwight
- Emington
- Fairbury
- Forrest
- Odell
- Piper City
- Pontiac
- Reddick
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 professional and volunteer 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 Sunny Slope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Sunny Slope Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1719420 (Sunny Slope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1719420 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 206 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Saunemin
- Location given for Sunny Slope Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.890311 Lon: -88.4114436
- 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 Livingston, 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- Sunny Slope 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |