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 Burlington (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 Burlington. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Burlington is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Burlington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burlington:
- Kane County (The home county of Burlington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- North Plato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Hampshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Starks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Plato Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pingree Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowes Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Lily Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campton Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Herbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Garden Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Belvidere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Capron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Streamwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hoffman Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Hanover Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Inverness
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Schaumburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairfax Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Palatine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Rolling Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Sycamore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Cortland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Malta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Chicago
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Ingalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Keeneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Carol Stream
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Winfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roselle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Eola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Little Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Plano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oswego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Millbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Port Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- North Barrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Zurich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wauconda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kildeer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Volo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Lee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Steward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Huntley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Algonquin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Trout Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Ogle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monroe Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lindenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
- Davis Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holcomb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rochelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flagg Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flagg Center is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Center
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Park is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park
- New Millford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Millford is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Millford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Loves Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walworth County (WI)
- Big Foot Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burlington, see our County-by-County Page for Burlington.
Cemeteries Near Burlington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burlington.
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 Burlington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burlington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ward Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Burlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Plato Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hampshire Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Charter Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Charter Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Charter Grove.
- Barron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- L R Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Starks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Cemetery
- The Starks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Stark's Cemetery
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Lily Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Genoa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Burlington had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Burlington had a population of 616 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
- North Plato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Hampshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richardson is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Plato Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pingree Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lily Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Sycamore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Udina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Udina is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
- McQueen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Huntley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burlington.
Newspapers Published in Burlington ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burlington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burlington, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burlington.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Burlington:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- McHenry County
- Ogle County
- Winnebago County
- Walworth 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 Burlington, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burlington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |