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 Anderson (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 Anderson. 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 and hospitals 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.
Anderson is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Brown, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon & Schuyler.
Below are the counties that are near Anderson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anderson:
- Cass County (The home county of Anderson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Virginia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Chandlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burlingame
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Jules
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Newmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Old Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Princeton is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Princeton
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Bluff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hagener
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Cooperstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Ripley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Versailles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gilbirds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Hersman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Marbletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Astoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summum is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
- Sepo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sepo is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
- Vermont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ipava
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lewistown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Liverpool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Table Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- White City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Snicarte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snicarte
- Bath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kilbourne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Poplar City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Havana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Teheran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Teheran is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teheran
- Topeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buzzville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buzzville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzville
- Mason City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Tallula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenview
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Croft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Croft is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Literberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prentice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prentice is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
- Chapin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Pisgah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynnville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Pike County
- Chambersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sangamon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Pleasant Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- New Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pasfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pasfield is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasfield
- Cantrall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Curran
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Loami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Leland Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
- Ridgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgely is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Browning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bader
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bader is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Littleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Bluffs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anderson, see our County-by-County Page for Anderson.
Cemeteries Near Anderson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anderson.
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 Anderson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anderson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Allendale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walnut Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- John Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Levi Springer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McDonald Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garner Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chandler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chandlerville.
- The Chandler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chandlerville Cemetery
- Chandlerville City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #172039 <2>
- Beard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harbison - Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (469 more) ...
- Cauby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tureman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Anderson had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Virginia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlingame
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Sylvan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Chandlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jules
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Cass ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cass is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Little Indian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Indian
- Newmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Saidora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saidora is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saidora
- Literberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Jordanville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jordanville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Bluff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anderson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anderson.
Newspapers Published in Anderson ...
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 187 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anderson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anderson, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anderson.
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 Anderson:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Fulton County
- Mason County
- Menard County
- Morgan County
- Pike County
- Sangamon County
- Schuyler County
- Scott 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Anderson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anderson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |