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 Bronzeville (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 Bronzeville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Bronzeville 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 Bronzeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bronzeville:
- Cook County (The home county of Bronzeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Grant Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Canaryville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Canaryville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaryville
- Bridgeport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Washington Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- New City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Chicago
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hyde Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Swede Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swede Town is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Town
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Englewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Carl Sandburg Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chicago Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Lawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Lawn
- West Elsdon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Elsdon is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elsdon
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Hinsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elmhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Elmhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Willowbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clarendon Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Utopia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Bensenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Villa Park is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
- Westmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- York Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- York Center is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
- Darien
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Braeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Braeside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
- Ravinia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ravinia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
- Deerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Highwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bannockburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Lincolnshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Goodings Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Frankfort Square
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Steger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mokena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bolingbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winston Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Frankfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- University Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hessville
(18 miles [29 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 south)
- Gary
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Griffith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Duneland Village of Gary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duneland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Ross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Porter County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Ogden Dunes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Woodland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Portage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Burns Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dune Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bronzeville, see our County-by-County Page for Bronzeville.
Cemeteries Near Bronzeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bronzeville.
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 Bronzeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bronzeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Oak Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Couch Mausoleum
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wunder's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wunder's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wunder's Cemetery is located in Buena Park.
- The Wunder's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wunders Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Auburn Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Getty Tomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waldheim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107055 <2>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Bronzeville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bronzeville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bronzeville, with the one closest to Bronzeville listed first.
- Douglas
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Oakland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bridgeport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Kenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Brighton Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brighton Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Park
- Hyde Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- South Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Lynn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lynn
- Englewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Park Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Manor is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Manor
- Brookline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookline is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Parkside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Corwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Corwith is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bronzeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bronzeville.
Newspapers Published in Bronzeville ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bronzeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bronzeville, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bronzeville.
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 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 Bronzeville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Lake County
- Will County
- Lake County
- Porter 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 Bronzeville, 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 from Point A (ie- Bronzeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |