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 Barrington Center (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 Barrington Center. 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.
Name Variations for Barrington Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Barrington Center: Barrington Ctr. (or less commonly used: Barrington Cen., Barrington Cent. or Barrington Cntr.)
You might see Barrington Centre instead of Barrington Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Barrington Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barrington Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Barrington Center is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Barrington Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barrington Center:
- Kane County (The home county of Barrington Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- East Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carpentersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gilberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Coleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Pingree Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bowes Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Plato Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Herbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- South Barrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Inverness
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffman Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Streamwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Schaumburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Fairfax Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Palatine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Hanover Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Cortland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Roselle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Medinah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Bloomingdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Itasca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carol Stream
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ingalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Wood Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Addison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Montgomery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Oswego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- North Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lake Zurich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Forest Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Kildeer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wauconda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gilmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Hawthorn Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Algonquin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Barreville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Island Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Crystal Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Lakewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Winston Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Benet Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Camp Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Twin Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Fossland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Fox River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Salem Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Genoa City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barrington Center, see our County-by-County Page for Barrington Center.
Cemeteries Near Barrington Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barrington Center.
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 Barrington Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barrington Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haeger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
- The Dundee Twp. Cemetery West has also been known as:
- Dundee Twp. West Cemetery
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chunns Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunns Burying Ground
- The Chunns Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Chunn Cemetery
- Oak Glen Cemetery
- Greve Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Circle of Life Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cady Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Deer Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107039 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Barrington Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barrington Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barrington Center, with the one closest to Barrington Center listed first.
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carpentersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spaulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spaulding is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Schaumburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Almora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Almora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
- Clintonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clintonville is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Ontarioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ontarioville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville
- Palatine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Zurich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- McQueen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barrington Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barrington Center.
Newspapers Published in Barrington Center ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barrington Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barrington Center, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barrington Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Barrington Center:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Kenosha County
- Walworth 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 Barrington Center, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barrington Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |