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A visit to the Westside 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 Westside Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.8395°   (41° 50' 22")

Lon:   -88.3129°   (-88° 18' 46")

The Westside Cemetery is located in Kane County<1>.

The county seat for Kane County is located in Geneva. Geneva lies just to the north of the Westside Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> of the Westside Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Marmion Academy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marmion Academy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marmion Academy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Marmion Academy Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • East Batavia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • East Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The East Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Resurrection Catholic Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • State Training School For Girls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • Marywood Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marywood Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marywood Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Marywood Catholic Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in DuPage County
  • Westside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westside Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • West Aurora Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Aurora Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Aurora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Aurora Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Michael Cemetery is located in Kane County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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]<2> of the Westside Cemetery.

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

  • Batavia
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batavia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Batavia is located in Kane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <6>
  • Mooseheart
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooseheart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooseheart
    • Mooseheart is located in Kane County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooseheart <6>
  • North Aurora
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
    • North Aurora is located in Kane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
  • Geneva
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • West Chicago
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Chicago have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
    • West Chicago is located in DuPage County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
  • Aurora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
    • Eola is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eola <6>
  • Saint Charles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
    • Saint Charles is located in Kane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,709 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <6>
  • Warrenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville
    • Warrenville is located in DuPage County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,456 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenville <6>
  • Bonnie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
    • Bonnie is located in Kane County
    • Bonnie has also been known as:
    • Bonnie Valley
  • Ingalton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sugar Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Montgomery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Montgomery is located in Kendall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <6>
    • Boulder Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
    • Winfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Campton Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
      • Campton Hills is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
      • Campton Hills has also been known as:
      • Campton Hills village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <6>
    • Wayne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wasco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wasco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasco
      • Wasco is located in Kane County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wasco <6>
    • Elburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Naperville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coleman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coleman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coleman
      • From the Westside Cemetery to Coleman
    • South Elgin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Oswego
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wheaton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Carol Stream
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carol Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Stream
      • Carol Stream is located in DuPage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,821 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carol Stream <6>
    • Kaneville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaneville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaneville
      • Kaneville is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaneville <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 Westside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kane County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Westside 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 Westside 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 Westside Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1816420  (Westside Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1816420 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: Aurora North
    • County: Kane         Elev: 216
    • Location given for GNIS #1816420 (Westside Cemetery)

The official website for Kane County: www.co.kane.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Westside Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8395, Longitude: -88.3129    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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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