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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 Bridgeview (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 Bridgeview. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Bridgeview is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).

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

  • Cook County     (The home county of Bridgeview)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Hickory Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Justice
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Burbank
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bedford Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chicago Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hometown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Summit
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hodgkins
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Palos Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Worth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Lawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Countryside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Hinsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Willowbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Westmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tedens ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Tedens is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
    • Oak Brook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Downers Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Brook Terrace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
    • South Elmhurst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
    • Utopia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Utopia is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Elmhurst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Aurora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Batavia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Geneva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Mooseheart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • North Aurora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Aurora is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
    • Saint Charles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Coleman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Boulder Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Montgomery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Braeside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Braeside is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
    • Buffalo Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Deerfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ravinia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ravinia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
    • Highland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Riverwoods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Goodings Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Homer Glen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
    • Bolingbrook
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Colonial Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Winston Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Bloomfield Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Frankfort Square
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Frankfort Square is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
    • Mokena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Frankfort
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Gilletts ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilletts is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
    • Lockport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Romeoville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Lenox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeview, with the one closest to Bridgeview listed first.
    • Whiting
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hammond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • East Chicago
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hessville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
    • Munster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Munster is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munster <1>
    • Dyer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
    • Highland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartsdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
    • Griffith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Gary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <1>
    • Schererville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Elliott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
    • Ross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ross is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross

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

Cemeteries Near Bridgeview ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridgeview.

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

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

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

  • Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Justice.
    • The Resurrection Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Resurrection Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107652 <2>
  • Ressurection Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lithuanian National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Archer Woods Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hodgkins.
    • The St. John Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Johns Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107905 <2>
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Alsip.
    • The Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106228 <2>
  • Chapel Hills Gardens South
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazel Green Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (390 more) ...
    • Restvale Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restvale Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Restvale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Alsip.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107649 <2>
    • St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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 Bridgeview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridgeview.

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

  • Worth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Lawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Summit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Willow Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
  • Evergreen Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elsdon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elsdon is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsdon
  • La Grange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lyons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Forest Hill is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
  • Chicago Lawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chicago Lawn is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Lawn
  • Glendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glendale is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • LaVergne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • LaVergne is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaVergne
    • Western Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Bridgeview ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgeview.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeview, 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 Bridgeview.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bridgeview:

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 Bridgeview, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bridgeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.