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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 Beaty (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 Beaty. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Beaty is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Knox, Mason, McDonough, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Beaty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beaty:

  • Fulton County     (The home county of Beaty)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Summum
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Summum is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
    • Marbletown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marbletown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
    • Ipava
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Astoria
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sepo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sepo is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
    • Lewistown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vermont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Table Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Smithfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cuba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cuba is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <1>
    • Bryant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Liverpool
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Ripley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ripley is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Cooperstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cooperstown is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Chandlerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Bluff Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Beardstown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jules
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jules is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
    • Sylvan ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sylvan is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Virginia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Newmansville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Newmansville is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
    • Burlingame
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Burlingame is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
    • Hagener
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hagener is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
    • Philadelphia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Philadelphia is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Gurney ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Gurney is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Bath
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Havana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Snicarte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Snicarte is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snicarte
    • Long Branch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Long Branch is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • White City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Buzzville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Buzzville is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzville
    • Kilbourne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Topeka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Goofy Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Goofy Ridge is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goofy Ridge
    • Easton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Forest City is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • McDonough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Adair
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Philadelphia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
    • Industry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Doddsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Doddsville is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
    • Bardolph
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bushnell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • East Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Village is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • Macomb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Macomb is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macomb <1>
    • Prairie City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie City is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
    • University Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • University Village is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Lamone Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamone Village is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamone Village
    • Good Hope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Menard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Oakford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tallula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Literberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Arcadia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Arcadia is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Prentice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Prentice is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
  • Peoria County
    • Glasford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Bluff City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Bader
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bader is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
    • Browning
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rushville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Littleton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Wayland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wayland is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Camden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Tazewell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.
    • Radville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Radville is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radville
    • Parkland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkland is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
    • Talbott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Talbott is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbott

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beaty, see our County-by-County Page for Beaty.

Cemeteries Near Beaty ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaty.

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 Beaty - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beaty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.

  • Hart Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Summum Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Summum Sixteen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Otto Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kearney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Danner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lacey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (435 more) ...
    • Foutch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freeman Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Union Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<2>

While we didn't find Beaty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beaty.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Beaty, with the one closest to Beaty listed first.

  • Summum
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Summum is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
  • Marbletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marbletown is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
  • Leesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Astoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluff City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Ipava
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheldons Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sheldons Grove is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldons Grove
  • Bath
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Matanzas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Matanzas is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matanzas
  • Sepo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sepo is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
  • Bader
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bader is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
  • Bernadotte ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bernadotte is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Havana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lewistown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vermont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beaty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beaty.

Newspapers Published in Beaty ...

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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaty.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaty, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beaty.

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 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 Beaty:

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 Beaty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Beaty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.