A visit to the Johnstown Center 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 Johnstown Center Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Johnstown Center Cemetery (FG ID #1989810).
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 Johnstown Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Johnstown Center Cemetery:
42.6976, -88.8356
The Johnstown Center Cemetery is located in Rock County<2>.
The county seat for Rock County is located in Janesville. Janesville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of the Johnstown Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Johnstown Center Cemetery.
Establishment of the Johnstown Center Cemetery ...
The Johnstown Center Cemetery was established in 1839.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Johnstown Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Johnstown Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Johnstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Johnstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Bradford Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
- Richmond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Richmond Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Cemetery
- Utters Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- Hollister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hollister Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister Cemetery
- Lima Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lima Center Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Center Cemetery
- Milton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Milton Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Cemetery
- Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Heart Prairie Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Junction Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Milton Lawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Phillips Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Darien Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Lyons Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Cemetery
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Otter Creek Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek Cemetery
- Clinton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Clinton Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton Corners Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Settlers Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Settlers Cemetery
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Cemetery
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- Heart Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Heart Prairie Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Prairie Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
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 Johnstown Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Johnstown Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Johnstown Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johnstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Emerald Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lima Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darien
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Janesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shopiere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heart Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
- Garden Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Carcajou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edgerton Beach Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indianford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Johnstown Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rock County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Johnstown Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Darien
- Delavan
- Elkhorn
- Janesville
- Milton Junction
- Milton
- Sharon
- Sharon lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Johnstown Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sharon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Whitewater
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 either 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 Johnstown Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Rock 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 Johnstown Center Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1989810
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 Wisconsin's counties, including Rock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnstown Center 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. |