A visit to the Villa Grove Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Villa Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Villa Grove Cemetery (FG ID #961293).
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 Villa Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Villa Grove Cemetery:
39.8686, -88.1596
The Villa Grove Cemetery is located in Douglas County<2>.
The county seat for Douglas County is located in Tuscola. Tuscola lies just to the southwest of the Villa Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Villa Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Villa Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Villa Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jessee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hammett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hammett Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammett Cemetery
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Jordan Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murdock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Murdock Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock Cemetery
- Davis Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Broadus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Broadus Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadus Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Lynn Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscola Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Gill Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Villa Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Villa Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Villa Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Camargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patterson Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Longview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Murdock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pesotum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hayes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tuscola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Broadlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tolono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Philo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Newman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chicken Bristle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ficklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sadorus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Filson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kemp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hindsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rutherford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Garrett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Garrett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Arcola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Savoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palermo
(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 Villa Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Douglas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Villa Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allerton
- Arcola
- Broadlands
- Hindsboro
- Pesotum
- Philo
- Sadorus
- Sidney
- Tolono
- Tuscola
- Villa Grove
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 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 Villa Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Douglas 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 Villa Grove Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #961293
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Villa Grove 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |