Menard County, Illinois, United States

Details for Menard County

Name

Menard County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Petersburg

Coordinates

Latitude		40.0167150		40° 01' 00.2" N
Longitude		-89.7834411		89° 47' 00.4" W

Population

11,164

Elevation

182 m

Surrounding Counties

Logan E
Sangamon S
Morgan SW
Cass W
Mason N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424266

Histopolis Place ID

458130599

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Menard County

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

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Menard County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Menard County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Menard/ (26 Mar 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Menard County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6422&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (23 Jan 2008)

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=65 (10 Mar 2011)

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

Menard County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Menard County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6422 (12 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Menard 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/MN.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/menard/menardcem.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=754 (5 Sep 2009)

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

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Surveys in Menard County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 18 Townships

The Third Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Menard County. You can navigate to any of the 18 survey townships that overlap Menard County using the navigation tool below.

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Precincts of Menard County

15 Precincts

Athens North Number 2	Athens South Number 1	Atterberry Number 10	Fancy Prairie Number 3
Greenview Number 6	Indian Creek Number 7	Irish Grove Number 4	Oakford Number 9
Petersburg East Number 13	Petersburg North Number 14	Petersburg South Number 15	Rock Creek Number 12
Sandridge Number 8	Sugar Grove Number 5	Tallula Number 11

Cities of Menard County

2 Cities, 3 Villages, 15 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Athens (city)	Atterberry	Bobtown	Croft
Culver	Curtis	Fancy Prairie	Greenview (village)
Hill Top	Hilltop	Hubly	Lewisburg
Loyd	New Salem (historical u.p.)	Oakford (village)	Old Salem Chautauqua
Petersburg (city)	Sweet Water	Tallula (village)	Tice

Cemeteries of Menard County

33 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Atterberry	Baker Prairie Number 1	Baker Prairie Number 2	Calvary
Concord	Dunschen	Elmwood	Farmers Point
Godbey	Greenwood	Hash	Hickory Grove
Hornback	Indian Point	Irish Grove	Joel Hall
Kirby	Lebanon	Oakland	Old Concord
Park	Rosehill	Saint Petersburg	Sandridge
Shipley	Smedly	Smoot	St. Petersburg (*)
Sugar Grove	Walnut Ridge	Watkins	West
White	Willson

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