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 Antioch (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 Antioch. 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.
Antioch is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Antioch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antioch:
- Lake County (The home county of Antioch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Lake Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Channel Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Lindenhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lindenhurst is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
- Lindenhurst has also been known as:
- Lindenhurst village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <1>
- Millburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millburn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Monaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Monaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
- Venetian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
- Old Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Lake Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Fossland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fossland is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Round Lake Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Round Lake Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Capri Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Barrington Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Inverness
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheeling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Prospect Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Northbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Covenant Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Carpentersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Dundee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Pistakee Highlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lakemoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ringwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McCullom Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Holiday Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- McHenry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Barreville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Benet Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Salem Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Camp Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fossland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Paddock Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Woodworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Fox River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Twin Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paris is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Milwaukee County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Union Church
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union Church is located in Milwaukee County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Milwaukee County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
- Saint Martins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Martins is located in Milwaukee County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Oak Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
- Racine County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Union Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Bohners Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Eagle Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Sturtevant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sturtevant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturtevant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,637 people
- Browns Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Burlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Yorkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Elmwood Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Park is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
- Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- Franksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Franksville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
- Waterford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
- Honey Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Genoa City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Voree ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Voree is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voree
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lake Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Zenda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Spring Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Prairie
- Como
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lake Como
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Williams Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Waukesha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Waukesha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Big Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Big Bend is located in Waukesha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
- Muskego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Muskego is located in Waukesha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
- Mukwonago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mukwonago is located in Waukesha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mukwonago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,107 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antioch, see our County-by-County Page for Antioch.
Cemeteries Near Antioch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antioch.
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 Antioch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antioch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Home Oaks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hosmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angolian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Fox Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Mt. Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Bristol Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Antioch had a population of 303 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Antioch had a population of 14,174 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Loon Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Grass Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Lake Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Millburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millburn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Salem Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Camp Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rollins is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Rosecrans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosecrans is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Woodworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hainesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Fox River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antioch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antioch.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Antioch ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antioch.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Antioch. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Antioch and those printed in the larger area surrounding Antioch.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of Antioch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Antioch:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- Kane County
- McHenry County
- Kenosha County
- Milwaukee County
- Racine County
- Walworth County
- Waukesha 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> | 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 Antioch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Antioch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |