Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Allright (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Allright. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Allright is located in Clark County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Allright. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allright:
- Clark County (The home county of Allright)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Snyder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Clark Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Martinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Livingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Weaver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Cleone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Casey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Hutton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Ashmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Lerna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- West York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bellair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Dogwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Gordon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oblong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Diona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Greenup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Bradbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Janesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Toledo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Oliver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bell Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Grandview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Nevins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Elbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Conlogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Kansas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Paris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vermilion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redmon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Borton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Yale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Hidalgo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Willow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Sainte Marie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Coalmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Cory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Gilmour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- West Atherton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Fairbanks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Graysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Farmersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Merom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shelburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Paxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Universal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Vigo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Liggett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Pimento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- West Terre Haute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Taylorville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Barnhart Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allright, see our County-by-County Page for Allright.
Cemeteries Near Allright ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allright.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Allright - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allright covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Norton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Blizzard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ziegler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Island Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medsker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ohio Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bubeck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (464 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baird Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird Cemetery
- The Baird Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baird Barr Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Allright in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Allright.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Allright, with the one closest to Allright listed first.
- Clark Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Ernst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Walnut Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- West Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Darwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moonshine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moonshine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Annapolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vigo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allright. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allright.
Newspapers Published in Allright ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allright.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allright, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allright.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Allright:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Allright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |