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 Alpine (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 Alpine. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Alpine is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Alpine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alpine:
- Cook County (The home county of Alpine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Orland Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinley Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palos Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Palos Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Midlothian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palos Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crestwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matteson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Willowbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Darien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Downers Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Naperville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Channahon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minooka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mooseheart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Geneva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Manteno
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grant Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Bourbonnais
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Bradley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sherburnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Plattville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Homer Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Goodings Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Mokena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Frankfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- New Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Cherry Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Lockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Joliet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Fairmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Dyer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Hammond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Munster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hessville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Chicago
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Schererville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Griffith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Elliott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alpine, see our County-by-County Page for Alpine.
Cemeteries Near Alpine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alpine.
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 Alpine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alpine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located in Homer Glen.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108034 <3>
- Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Orland Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooper Cemetery
- Orland Park Cemetery
- Hadley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mokena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #209640 <3>
- German Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mokena.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987604 <3>
- Old German Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Homer Glen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104889 <3>
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Frankfort Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frankfort Twp. Cemetery is located in Frankfort.
- The Frankfort Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frankfort Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105730 <3>
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Frankfort.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hickory Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106131 <3>
- Lewis Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Alpine had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Marley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Mokena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Tinley Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goeselville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goeselville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goeselville
- New Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steele is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Brisbane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Sag Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
- Matteson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Lemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alpine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alpine.
Newspapers Published in Alpine ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alpine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alpine, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alpine.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Alpine:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Will County
- Lake 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alpine) 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 Alpine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |