Fayette County, Illinois, United States

Details for Fayette County

Name

Fayette County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Vandalia (Vandalia Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		39.0167113		39° 01' 00.2" N
Longitude		-89.0333989		89° 02' 00.2" W

Population

20,893

Elevation

161 m

Surrounding Counties

Shelby NE
Effingham E
Clay SE
Marion S
Clinton SW
Bond SW
Montgomery NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424227

Histopolis Place ID

215611603

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Fayette County

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

Fayette County, Illinois County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Fayette County, Illinois, IL - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6134 (20 Aug 2009)

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

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=26 (13 Apr 2011)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=715 (9 Sep 2009)

(page title not available) [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/fayette/fayettecem.html

The Political Graveyard: Fayette 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/FA.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Fayette County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6134&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (18 Jan 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Fayette County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Fayette County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Fayette/cem/ (28 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Fayette County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Fayette County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Fayette/ (4 Mar 2010)

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Surveys in Fayette County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 23 Townships

The Third Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Fayette County. You can navigate to any of the 23 survey townships that overlap Fayette County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Fayette County

20 Townships

Avena	Bear Grove	Bowling Green	Carson
Hurricane	Kaskaskia	La Clede	Lone Grove
Loudon	Otego	Pope	Ramsey
Sefton	Seminary	Shafter	Sharon
South Hurricane	Vandalia	Wheatland	Wilberton

Cities of Fayette County

2 Cities, 5 Villages, 26 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Augsburg	Avena	Bayle City	Bingham (village)
Bluff City	Brownstown (village)	Confidence	Dressor
Farina (village)	Greenland (historical u.p.)	Hagarstown	Howards Point (historical u.p.)
Jimtown	La Clede	Loogootee	Magnolia Corner
Pinhook (historical u.p.)	Pittsburg	Post Oak	Pruett
Ramsey (village)	Saint Elmo (city)	Saint James	Saint Paul
Saint Peter (village)	Sefton	Shafter	Shobonier
Twin Churches	Vandalia (city)	Vera	Wilberton
Wrights Corner

Cemeteries of Fayette County

115 Cemeteries, 10 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Ambuehl	Antioch	Arm Prairie	Augsburg
Bear Creek	Beck Private	Bethlehem	Blankenship
Bob Doan	Bob Doane †	Bolt	Bolyard
Brackenbush	Britton	Browning	Buchanan
Casey	Cearlock	Center	Cheshier
Collier	Cook	Cothern Family	Craig
Crowder	Crums Chapel	Daniel	Dial
Donaldson	Dunkard	Eakle	Evans
Fairlawn	Fairview	Farina	Farmer
Forbis	Fox	Frogtown	German Reformed
Griffith	Guy	Haley Chapel	Halford
Harris (Lone Grove Township)	Harris (South Hurricane Township)	Hayes	Heckethorn
Hoffman	Holy Cross Lutheran	Independence	Isbell
Lawler	Lee	Liberty (Sefton Township)	Liberty (South Hurricane Township)
Little Hickory	Lorton	Lovett	Magassi
Maplewood	Mathias	McConnell	McInturff
Mitchell Family	Monclovia	Morton	Mother of Dolors
Mount Carmel (Hurricane Township)	Mount Carmel (Sefton Township)	Mount Moriah	Mount Pleasant
Mt. Carmel (* Hurricane Township)	Mt. Carmel (* Sefton Township)	Mt. Moriah (*)	Mt. Pleasant (*)
Nave	New Liberty	New Saint Peter	New St. Peter (*)
Oak Grove	Old Loogootee	Old Saint Peter	Old St. Peter (*)
Old State (*)	Old State Burial Ground	Padon	Pilcher
Pinhook	Poland	Pope	Post Oak
Prater	Pratt	Ranson	Reed
Rhodes Family	Riedle	Ritter	Rogers
Rush	Saint Bonaventure	Saint Josephs	Saint Paul Lutheran
Seminary	Sharon	Shedd	Sidener
South Hill	Spring Hill	St. Bonaventure (*)	St. Josephs (*)
St. Paul Lutheran (*)	Staff	Stein	Stokes
Taylor	Union	Vandalia City	Welch
Williams	Winslow Pilcher	Wright and Neathery	Yolton
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