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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bowlesville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bowlesville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bowlesville, please Contact Us.
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 Bowlesville (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 Bowlesville. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bowlesville is historic, it would have been located within present day Gallatin 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 Gallatin County: Hamilton, Hardin, Saline, White, Posey (IN) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Bowlesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowlesville:
- Gallatin County (The home county of Bowlesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Shawneetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shawneetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Lawler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Equality
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Inman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Omaha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Broughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Saline Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Karbers Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lamb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Cave-In-Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rosiclare
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Shetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Herod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Leisure City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Lusk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Eddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Golconda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Glendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Wasson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Texas City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Gaskins City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Mitchellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Muddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Ledford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Roland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Herald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Emma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Norris City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stokes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Maunie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carmi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Hovey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Savah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Bufkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Solitude
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Caborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Crittenden County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Tolu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Crayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Piney Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Smith Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Corydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Carrsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
- Burna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burna is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Dekoven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Breckinridge Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Hitesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Blackford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <2>
- Free Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Free Union is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Lisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lisman is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowlesville, see our County-by-County Page for Bowlesville.
Cemeteries Near Bowlesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowlesville.
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 Bowlesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowlesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Hogan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McGhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kanady Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leavell Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earnshaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leamington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bradley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hill Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Dutton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barnett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
Bowlesville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 350 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowlesville, with the one closest to Bowlesville listed first.
- Shawneetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leamington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leamington is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
- Blackburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackburn is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Lawler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Sparks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Kedron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kedron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Equality
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Karbers Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Henshaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henshaw is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lamb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Dekoven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Spring Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowlesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowlesville.
Newspapers Published in Bowlesville ...
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 Bowlesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowlesville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowlesville.
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 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 Bowlesville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Gallatin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Posey County
- Crittenden County
- Henderson County
- Livingston County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bowlesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowlesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |