A visit to the Willow Springs 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 Willow Springs Cemetery ...
The Willow Springs Cemetery is located in Bureau County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bradford Cemetery
- The Bradford Cemetery is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
- Bunker Hills Cemetery
- The Bunker Hills Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hills Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Fifield Cemetery
- The Fifield Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- The Hunter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottage Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267621 <2>
- Jenkins - Green Cemetery
- Lone Tree Cemetery
- The Lone Tree Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Cemetery
- Milo Cemetery
- The Milo Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Cemetery
- Mound Cemetery
- The Mound Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- The Mound Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boyds Grove Cemetery
- Boyds Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104840 <2>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Bloom Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107273 <2>
- Putnam Cemetery
- The Putnam Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Cemetery
- The Putnam Cemetery has also been known as:
- Putnman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #445772 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Triplett Cemetery
- The Triplett Cemetery is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett Cemetery
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 Willow Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bradford
- Buda
- Bureau Junction
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <4>
- Camp Grove
- Castleton
- De Pue
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
- Dover
- Granville
- Hennepin
- Henry
- Hollowayville
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Malden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Manlius
- Mark
- Milo
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Modena
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Neponset
- Osceola
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Ottville
- Ottville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottville
- Princeton
- Putnam
- Seatonville
- Sheffield
- Sparland
- Tiskilwa
- Wyanet
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 Willow Springs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bureau County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Willow Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradford
- Buda
- De Pue
- Granville
- Hennepin
- Henry
- Manlius
- Neponset
- Princeton
- Sheffield
- Sparland
- Tiskilwa
- Wyanet
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Willow Springs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Bureau 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 Willow Springs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1820602 (Willow Springs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1820602 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: Bureau
- Est. Elev: 230 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wyanet
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Bureau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willow Springs Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |