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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 Beaverville (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 Beaverville. 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 doctors 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.

Beaverville is located in Iroquois County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iroquois County: Ford, Kankakee, Vermilion, Benton (IN) & Newton (IN).

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

  • Iroquois County     (The home county of Beaverville)
  • Ford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaverville, with the one closest to Beaverville listed first.
    • Cabery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabery
      • Cabery is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabery <1>
    • Kempton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Kempton is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempton <1>
  • Kankakee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaverville, with the one closest to Beaverville listed first.
    • Saint Anne
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anne
      • Saint Anne is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,174 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anne <1>
    • Hopkins Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopkins Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
      • Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
      • Hopkins Park has also been known as:
      • Hopkins Park village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
    • Aroma Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aroma Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Park
      • Aroma Park is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aroma Park <1>
    • Sun River Terrace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
      • Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
    • Sammons Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sammons Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
      • Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Sammons Point has also been known as:
      • Sammons Point village
    • Otto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Momence
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Momence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momence
      • Momence is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Momence <1>
    • Illiana Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Kankakee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Illinoi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Illinoi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
      • Illinoi is located in Kankakee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Illinoi
      • From Beaverville to Illinoi
    • Saint George
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bradley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Bradley is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <1>
    • Irwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Kankakee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Will County
  • Benton County (IN)
  • Jasper County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaverville, with the one closest to Beaverville listed first.
    • Fair Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
      • Fair Oaks is located in Jasper County (IN)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fair Oaks <1>
    • Egypt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Collegeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collegeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
      • Collegeville is located in Jasper County (IN)
    • Rensselaer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Virgie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • DeMotte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Remington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
      • Remington is located in Jasper County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <1>
  • Lake County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaverville, with the one closest to Beaverville listed first.
    • Illinoi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Illinoi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
      • Illinoi is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Illinoi
      • From Beaverville to Illinoi
    • Schneider
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Shelby
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
      • Shelby is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Lowell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Lowell is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <1>
    • Dinwiddie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Dalecarlia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
      • Cedar Lake is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Lake <1>
  • Newton County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaverville, with the one closest to Beaverville listed first.
    • Morocco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morocco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
      • Morocco is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morocco <1>
    • Beaver City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
      • Beaver City is located in Newton County (IN)
    • Brook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook
      • Brook is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brook <1>
    • Lake Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Newton County (IN)
    • Kentland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
      • Kentland is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kentland <1>
    • Mount Ayr
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Ayr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
      • Mount Ayr is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mount Ayr
      • From Beaverville to Mount Ayr
    • Sumava Resorts
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumava Resorts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumava Resorts
      • Sumava Resorts is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumava Resorts <1>
    • Foresman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Foresman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
      • Foresman is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Foresman
      • From Beaverville to Foresman
    • Newton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Newton County (IN)
    • Roselawn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roselawn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
      • Roselawn is located in Newton County (IN)
    • Thayer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thayer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Thayer is located in Newton County (IN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Thayer
      • From Beaverville to Thayer
    • Goodland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Beaverville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaverville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beaverville had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Beaverville had a population of 319 people.

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

  • Papineau
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Martinton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinton
    • Martinton is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinton <1>
  • Donovan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donovan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan
    • Donovan is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donovan <1>
  • Saint Anne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anne
    • Saint Anne is located in Kankakee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,174 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anne <1>
  • Hopkins Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopkins Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
    • Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • Hopkins Park has also been known as:
    • Hopkins Park village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
  • Iroquois
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Koster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Koster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koster
    • Koster is located in Kankakee County
  • L'Erable
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for L'Erable. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
    • L'Erable is located in Iroquois County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to L'Erable
    • From Beaverville to L'Erable
  • Morocco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morocco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
    • Morocco is located in Newton County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morocco <1>
  • Watseka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Eastburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastburn
    • Eastburn is located in Iroquois County
  • Beaver City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Beaver City is located in Newton County (IN)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Beaverville ...

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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaverville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaverville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beaverville.

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 Beaverville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaverville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Iroquois County: www.iroquois-co.com/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Beaverville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beaverville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaverville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9542, Longitude: -87.6547    









 

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