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 Castle Fin (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 Castle Fin. 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 hospitals 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.
Castle Fin is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Castle Fin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Castle Fin:
- Clark County (The home county of Castle Fin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Dennison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennison is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Clark Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clark Center is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Former name for Clark Center:
- Clark Centre
- Weaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Cleone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cleone is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Farrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farrington is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Martinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Snyder is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Oilfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oilfield is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Casey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Ashmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer was located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Hutton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lerna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- West York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Annapolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bellair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Dogwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kibbie was located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Union Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Former name for Union Center:
- Union Centre
- Diona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Hazel Dell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Timothy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Greenup
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Janesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Hindsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Murdock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Filson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Filson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Oliver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bell Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Nevins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Elbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Conlogue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redmon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Borton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Jasper County
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vermilion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Archie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Ridge Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sidell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Cloverland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Billtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Staunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Staunton is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Bee Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- West Atherton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Mecca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Armiesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Fairbanks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Farmersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hymera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Blanford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Universal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Saint Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Fairview Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Summit Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Dana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Alta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Liggett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- West Terre Haute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Prairieton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Barnhart Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Taylorville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- New Goshen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Terre Haute
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Castle Fin, see our County-by-County Page for Castle Fin.
Cemeteries Near Castle Fin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castle Fin.
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 Castle Fin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castle Fin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Forsythe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quinn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- O'Hair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laufman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beatty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elledge Holley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cronick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Zimmerly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chronic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swango Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Castle Fin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Castle Fin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Castle Fin, with the one closest to Castle Fin listed first.
- Oliver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McKeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKeen is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
- Marley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Nevins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Clark Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clark Center is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Former name for Clark Center:
- Clark Centre
- Dennison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennison is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Conlogue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Ferrel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Cleone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cleone is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Farrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farrington is also located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 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 Castle Fin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castle Fin.
Newspapers Published in Castle Fin ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castle Fin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castle Fin, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castle Fin.
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 helpful 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 Castle Fin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Vermilion County
- Clay County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo 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 Castle Fin, 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- Castle Fin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |