A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
42.5428, -89.9518
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Darlington. Darlington lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Gratiot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gratiot Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot Cemetery
- Eastman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Eastman Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman Cemetery
- West Wiota Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Annes Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hoffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hoffman Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman Cemetery
- Nora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Nora Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora Cemetery
- La Due Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The La Due Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Kingsley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Kingsley Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Schellenger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Schellenger Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellenger Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Schellenger Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Wiota.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323352 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Millville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Millville Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Cemetery
- West Chelsea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The West Chelsea Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chelsea Cemetery
- East Chelsea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Rock Lily Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock Lily Cemetery is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lily Cemetery
- The Rock Lily Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winslow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #443154 <5>
- Martin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Warren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <6>
- South Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Nora
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <6>
- Wiota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Apple River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cadiz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Browntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Woodford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Argyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Darlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stockton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <6>
- McConnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shullsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Scales Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oneco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Buena Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Orangeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
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 Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lafayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Apple River
- Argyle
- Darlington
- Gratiot
- Lena
- Lena lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Brown Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Monroe
- Nora
- Orangeville
- Shullsburg
- South Wayne
- Stockton
- Warren
- Winslow
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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Lafayette 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1562254 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1562254 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: Lafayette
- Est. Elev: 294 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: South Wayne
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5427841 Lon: -89.95179
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Wisconsin's counties, including Lafayette, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown 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> | 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. |