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 Buckingham (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 Buckingham. 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 and 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.
Buckingham is located in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County: Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston, Will, Lake (IN) & Newton (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Buckingham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckingham:
- Kankakee County (The home county of Buckingham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Herscher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reddick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodrich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Essex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bonfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Otto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Sammons Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
- Sammons Point has also been known as:
- Sammons Point village
- Kankakee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bourbonnais
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aroma Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Cabery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kempton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Piper City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roberts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Clarke City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- East Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- South Wilmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Gardner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Central City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carbon Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Mazon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
- Verona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Chebanse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashkum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danforth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- L'Erable
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- L'Erable is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
- La Hogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- La Hogue is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Hogue
- Gilman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Papineau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Onarga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Martinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Thawville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crescent City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Ransom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seneca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <1>
- Marseilles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kernan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Campus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cullom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Griswold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Dwight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saunemin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Eylar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eylar is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Odell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Wing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Swygert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swygert is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Custer Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Godley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Braidwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
- Wilmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Symerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Blodgett
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Wilton Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wallingford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wallingford is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Manhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peotone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buckingham, see our County-by-County Page for Buckingham.
Cemeteries Near Buckingham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckingham.
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 Buckingham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buckingham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edgerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerville Cemetery
- The Edgerville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Floridgeville Cemetery
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie Cemetery
- The Grand Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand Prairie EUB Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coleman Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Union Hill.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Cemetery
- Pilot Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Broughton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milk's Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Buckingham had a population of 158 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Buckingham had a population of 280 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
- Cabery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Herscher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reddick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Campus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goodrich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Kempton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Bonfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Essex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cullom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mazonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mazonia is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazonia
- Gardner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buckingham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckingham.
Newspapers Published in Buckingham ...
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 165 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckingham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckingham, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckingham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Buckingham:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kankakee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ford County
- Grundy County
- Iroquois County
- La Salle County
- Livingston County
- Will 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> | 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 Buckingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Buckingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |