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 Cedar Bluff Estates (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 Cedar Bluff Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Cedar Bluff Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cedar Bluff Estates: Cedar Blf. Ests. (or less commonly used: Cedar Bluf. Ests.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Cedar Bluff Estates is located in Peoria 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 Peoria County: Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Stark, Tazewell & Woodford.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Bluff Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Bluff Estates:
- Peoria County (The home county of Cedar Bluff Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Mossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Hallock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Hallock is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
- Keller
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keller is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Orange Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edelstein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chillicothe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Peoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Peoria is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
- Pottstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- Edwards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bureau County
- Milo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Breeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Breeds is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeds
- Brereton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brereton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brereton
- Norris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Banner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Yates City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dahinda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Victoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maquon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Gilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Camp Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Varna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Toluca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Mason County
- Manito
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McLean County
- Carlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Putnam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Speer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyoming
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Castleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Jersey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Jersey is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
- Modena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Toulon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- La Fayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Trailpark Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trailpark Gardens is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailpark Gardens
- Harvard Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harvard Hills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Hills
- East Peoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Peoria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,344 people
- Former name for East Peoria:
- Hilton
- Robein
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robein is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robein
- Sunnyland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highway Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highway Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Village
- Wesley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Beverly Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly Manor is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Manor
- Farmdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Creve Coeur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Creve Coeur is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,109 people
- Former name for Creve Coeur:
- Wesley City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creve Coeur <1>
- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caldwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Gardena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gardena is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Spring Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Bay View Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bay View Gardens is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Germantown Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Metamora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Washburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eureka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roanoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Goodfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Secor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Congerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Minonk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Bluff Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Bluff Estates.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Bluff Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Bluff Estates.
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 Cedar Bluff Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Bluff Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Hawley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Clement's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swan Lake Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mooney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- La Salle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Dunlap.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107584 <3>
- Dickeson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Bay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Hallock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Koerner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pottstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cedar Bluff Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Bluff Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Bluff Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Bluff Estates listed first.
- Alta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- West Hallock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Hallock is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
- Orange Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Keller
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keller is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Akron is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edelstein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pottstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- North Peoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Peoria is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chillicothe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Bluff Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Bluff Estates.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Bluff Estates ...
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 304 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Bluff Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Bluff Estates, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Bluff Estates.
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 Cedar Bluff Estates:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Peoria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bureau County
- Fulton County
- Knox County
- Marshall County
- Mason County
- McLean County
- Putnam County
- Stark County
- Tazewell County
- Woodford 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Bluff Estates) 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 Cedar Bluff Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |