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 Annapolis (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 Annapolis. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Annapolis is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Clark, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Knox (IN) & Sullivan (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Annapolis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Annapolis:
- Crawford County (The home county of Annapolis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Dogwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Bellair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- West York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Trimble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Stoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Oblong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- New Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hogue Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Oak Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Snyder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Casey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cleone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Hutton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Ashmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Greenup
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Timothy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Walla Walla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Diona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Jewett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Toledo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bradbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Janesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Oliver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bell Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Grandview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Nevins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Elbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Kansas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Conlogue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Dieterich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Yale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hidalgo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sainte Marie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Newton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Lis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Bogota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Wheeler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Birds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Dundas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County (IN)
- Gilmour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Oaktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Graysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- New Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scott City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farmersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Vigo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Pimento
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Youngstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Toad Hop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Liggett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- West Terre Haute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Taylorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Annapolis, see our County-by-County Page for Annapolis.
Cemeteries Near Annapolis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Annapolis.
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 Annapolis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Annapolis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Dix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Duggan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Guyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (459 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ball Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bailff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Annapolis had a population of 179 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Annapolis, with the one closest to Annapolis listed first.
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Moonshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moonshine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Bellair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- West York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Hutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Oak Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Stoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Oblong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Annapolis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Annapolis.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Annapolis ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Annapolis.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Annapolis. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Annapolis and those printed in the larger area surrounding Annapolis.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> of Annapolis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Annapolis:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Effingham County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Sullivan 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' (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- Annapolis) 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 Annapolis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |