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 Ashmore (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 Ashmore. 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 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 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.
Ashmore is located in Coles 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 Coles County: Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Ashmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashmore:
- Coles County (The home county of Ashmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Rardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lerna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Humboldt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dorans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Mattoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Trilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Magnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Longview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Broadlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pesotum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oilfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Cleone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Clarksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Cumberland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Martinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Casey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clark Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Marshall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Oak Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Dennison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Hogue Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Bellair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Annapolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Diona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Union Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Janesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Johnstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Greenup
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Toledo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Walla Walla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Jewett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Hindsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Filson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Filson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
- Murdock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Chesterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Tuscola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Villa Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
- Ficklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ficklin is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ficklin
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Borton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Redmon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conlogue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Bell Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Brocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oliver
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nevins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Hume
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Hidalgo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Coles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Gays
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Allenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Cadwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cadwell is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadwell
- Piatt County
- Atwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Sexson Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Trowbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Vermilion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Allerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Archie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Sidell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Blanford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Saint Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Universal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Libertyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Liggett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Pine Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- New Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vigo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashmore, see our County-by-County Page for Ashmore.
Cemeteries Near Ashmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashmore.
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 Ashmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Ashmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Omer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patsy Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shoot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oterlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Poulter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Cornwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lafler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ashmore had a population of 576 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ashmore had a population of 740 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ashmore, with the one closest to Ashmore listed first.
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Warrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warrington is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Bushton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cleone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Borton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Isabel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Isabel is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Redmon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashmore.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ashmore ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashmore.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ashmore. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ashmore and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ashmore.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Ashmore.
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 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 Ashmore:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Coles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Moultrie County
- Piatt County
- Shelby County
- Vermilion 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> | 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 Ashmore, 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 from Point A (ie- Ashmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |