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 Catlin (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 Catlin. 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 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 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.
Catlin is located in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County: Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Benton (IN), Vermillion (IN) & Warren (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Catlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catlin:
- Vermilion County (The home county of Catlin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Belgium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Missionfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Missionfield is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionfield
- Westville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Tilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium Row is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium Row
- Busenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Glenburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenburn is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Fairmount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Royal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Broadlands
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Sidney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Penfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mayview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mayview is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Flatville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flatville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Longview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gifford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Newman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Murdock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
- Camargo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Palermo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Chrisman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scottland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Metcalf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Raven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Hume
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Kidley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clays Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Brocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Benton County (IN)
- Ambia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fountain County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Layton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Harveysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mellott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Wallace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- West Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Montezuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Annapolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Armiesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Bloomingdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Rileysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Gessie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tree Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Eugene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <1>
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Saint Bernice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Alta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Blanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Warren County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- State Line City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- State Line City is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- State Line is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Hedrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sloan is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Pence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pence is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Williamsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Catlin, see our County-by-County Page for Catlin.
Cemeteries Near Catlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catlin.
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 Catlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- God's Acre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for God's Acre Cemetery
- The God's Acre Cemetery has also been known as:
- Butler Burying Ground
- Butler Cemetery
- Butler Point Cemetery
- Jones Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Grove Cemetery
- The Jones Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- English Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wright Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Family Cemetery
- The Wright Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sodowsky Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
- Wright / Sodowsky Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Songer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songer Cemetery
- The Songer Cemetery has also been known as:
- John Payne Graveyard
- Oakhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chester Cemetery
- Kistler Cemetery
- Allhands Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- The Cox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cox Family Cemetery
- Searl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caraway Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Dukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Cemetery
- The Dukes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blakeney Cemetery
- Brooks Point Cemetery
- Hooton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Catlin had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Catlin had a population of 1,899 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catlin, with the one closest to Catlin listed first.
- Westville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vandercook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vandercook is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook
- Missionfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Missionfield is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionfield
- Tilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grape Creek is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Fairmount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glenburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenburn is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muncie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Indianola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Newell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Catlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catlin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Catlin ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catlin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Catlin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Catlin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Catlin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> of Catlin.
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 Catlin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Vermilion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Parke County
- Vermillion County
- Warren 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Catlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Catlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |