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A visit to the Union Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Union Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery

Lat:   38.0881°   (38° 5' 17")

Lon:   -89.7218°   (-89° 43' 18")

The Union Cemetery is located in Randolph County<2>.

The county seat for Randolph County is located in Chester. Chester lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Union Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Union Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Lively Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lively Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lively Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lively Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Caledonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caledonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caledonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Caledonia Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Peace Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Hill Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lessley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lessley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lessley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lessley Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Zion Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Steeleville City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Preston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Preston Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • St. Pius Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pius Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Pius Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Paradise Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Randolph County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Jordan Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordan Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordan Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jordan Grove Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • Stoker Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stoker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stoker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stoker Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • Tilden City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilden City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tilden City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tilden City Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • Schmoll Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • McCormick Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCormick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCormick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McCormick Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cutler Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cutler Cemetery
      • The Cutler Cemetery is located in Perry County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cutler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Cutler.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #989970 <5>
    • Coulterville City Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coulterville City Cemetery
      • The Coulterville City Cemetery is located in Randolph County
      • The Coulterville City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Coulterville Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #255348 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Sparta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Blair
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Randolph County
  • Steeleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Houston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Houston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Houston is located in Randolph County
  • Percy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Preston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in Randolph County
  • Walsh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
    • Walsh is located in Randolph County
  • New Palestine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Palestine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
    • New Palestine is located in Randolph County
  • Bremen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tilden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
    • Tilden is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 827 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilden <6>
  • Welge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Welge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
    • Welge is located in Randolph County
  • Cutler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Coulterville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarmin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
      • Clarmin is located in Washington County
    • Baldwin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Willisville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
      • Willisville is located in Perry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 578 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willisville <6>
    • Ellis Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Evansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Randolph County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansville <6>
    • Marissa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
      • Marissa is located in Saint Clair County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <6>
    • Chester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Randolph County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <6>
    • Leanderville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
      • Leanderville is located in Randolph County
    • Shiloh Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
      • Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
    • Menard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menard
      • Menard is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menard <6>
    • Denmark
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Perry County
    • Conant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Perry County
    • Winkle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
      • Winkle is located in Perry County

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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Randolph County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Union Cemetery:

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 Union Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #420015  (Union Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #420015 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Steeleville
    • County: Randolph         Elev: 166
    • Location given for GNIS #420015 (Union Cemetery)

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

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 Randolph, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0881, Longitude: -89.7218       In this case, the coordinates for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>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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