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Introduction

Below you will find our list of the communities that are in the vicinity of the Watson Cemetery.

Just a reminder ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have any burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Watson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we recommend you visit Find-A-Grave's entry for the Watson Cemetery (FG ID #1454259). <1>

List of Neighboring Communities ...

Below are the communities that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Watson Cemetery. We've listed the following communities based on their distance, with the closest first.

  • Watson
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Watson is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson <4>
  • Heartville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Funkhouser
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mason
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Effingham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dexter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dexter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
    • Dexter is located in Effingham County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dexter
    • From the Watson Cemetery to Dexter
  • Gilmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gilmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • Gilmore is located in Effingham County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gilmore
    • From the Watson Cemetery to Gilmore
  • Teutopolis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Edgewood is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <4>
  • Altamont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Altamont is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,350 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altamont <4>
  • Dieterich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shumway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shumway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
    • Shumway is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shumway <4>
  • Moccasin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • La Clede
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Wheeler is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheeler <4>
  • Montrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Montrose is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Sigel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Iola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Beecher City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Elmo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Saint Elmo is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Elmo <4>
  • Howards Point ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
    • Howards Point is located in Fayette County
  • Stewardson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewardson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewardson
    • Stewardson is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stewardson <4>
  • Lis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
    • Lis is located in Jasper County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lis
    • From the Watson Cemetery to Lis
  • Loogootee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loogootee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loogootee
    • Loogootee is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loogootee <4>
  • Farina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

The official website for Effingham County: www.co.effingham.il.us/

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

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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Watson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0322, Longitude: -88.5692    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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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