Effingham County, Illinois, United States

Details for Effingham County

Name

Effingham County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Effingham (Douglas Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		39.0500431		39° 03' 00.2" N
Longitude		-88.5833834		88° 35' 00.2" W

Population

31,704

Elevation

174 m

Surrounding Counties

Cumberland NE
Jasper E
Clay S
Fayette W
Shelby NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424226

Histopolis Place ID

134359131

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Effingham County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Effingham County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Effingham County, Illinois County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Effingham County, Illinois, IL - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6099 (20 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Effingham County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Effingham County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Effingham/cem/ (20 Aug 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Effingham County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EF.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=25 (10 Mar 2011)

Cemeteries in or near Effingham County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6099&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (18 Jan 2008)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/effingham/effingcem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=714 (5 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Effingham County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Effingham County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Effingham/ (6 Mar 2010)

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Surveys in Effingham County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 14 Townships

The Third Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Effingham County. You can navigate to any of the 14 survey townships that overlap Effingham County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Effingham County

15 Townships

Banner	Bishop	Douglas	Jackson
Liberty	Lucas	Mason	Moccasin
Mound	Saint Francis	Summit	Teutopolis
Union	Watson	West

Cities of Effingham County

2 Cities, 1 Town, 7 Villages, 20 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Altamont (city)	Beecher City (village)	Blue Point	Bristol (historical u.p.)
Dexter	Dieterich (village)	East Meadows	Eberle
Edgewood (village)	Effingham (city)	Elliottstown	Evers
Ewington	Flemingsburg (historical u.p.)	Freenanton (historical u.p.)	Funkhouser
Gilmore	Green Creek	Heartville	Hill
Holland	Keptown	Mason (town)	Moccasin
Montrose (village)	Shumway (village)	Southmore Heights	Teutopolis (village)
Watson (village)	Winterrowd

Cemeteries of Effingham County

81 Cemeteries, 13 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Agney	Arborcrest	Bailey	Beck William
Beecher	Besing	Bethlehem	Bethsaida
Blue Point Baptist	Brockett	Brown (Mason Township)	Brown (Summit Township)
Davidson	Dieterich	Drysdale	Edgewood
Effingham City	Ewington	Faulk	Fremington
Funkhouser	German Methodist	Green Creek	Hull
Immaculate Conception	Immanuel Lutheran (Mound Township)	Immanuel Lutheran (Watson Township)	Kavanaugh
King	Leith	Little Prairie	Loy Chapel
Mahon	Mason	McCoy	Memorial Gardens
Merry	Miller Chapel	Moccasin	Montrose
Morris	Mount Zion	Mt. Zion (*)	New Hope
New Salem	Newman	Old Loy	Old Mason
Old Salem	Pleasant Grove	Poe	Porter
Ramsey	Rentfrow	Ridge	Rinehart
Robinson	Saint Aloysius	Saint Anns Catholic	Saint Anthony Catholic
Saint Clare Catholic	Saint Francis	Saint John	Saint John Lutheran (Bishop Township)
Saint John Lutheran (Effingham, Douglas Township)	Saint Marys	Saint Matthew Lutheran	Saint Paul Lutheran (Moccasin Township)
Saint Paul Lutheran (Saint Francis Township)	Scott	Shumway	St. Aloysius (*)
St. Anns Catholic (*)	St. Anthony Catholic (*)	St. Clare Catholic (*)	St. Francis (*)
St. John (*)	St. John Lutheran (* Bishop Township)	St. John Lutheran (* Effingham, Douglas Township)	St. Marys (*)
St. Matthew Lutheran (*)	St. Paul Lutheran (* Moccasin Township)	St. Paul Lutheran (* Saint Francis Township)	Tipsword
Toothaker	Trinity Lutheran	Turner	Union (Altamont, Mound Township)
Union (Mound Township)	Wabash	Watson	Wood Lawn
Wright	Zion Lutheran

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