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 Lawn (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 Lawn. 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 and 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 Lawn is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Lawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Lawn:
- Cook County (The home county of Cedar Lawn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Buena Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buena Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Park
- Bowmanville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bowmanville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanville
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Birchwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Albany Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Albany Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Park
- Lincolnwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carl Sandburg Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Town is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town
- Pacific Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific Junction is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Junction
- Grayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grayland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
- Evanston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cragin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cragin is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragin
- Jefferson Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Bensenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elmhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Elmhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Wood Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hinsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Oak Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Villa Park is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
- Utopia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- York Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- York Center is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
- Addison
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Itasca
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clarendon Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Braeside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Braeside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
- Ravinia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ravinia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
- Highland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Riverwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bannockburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnshire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Lake Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Lake Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Colonial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Goodings Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Winston Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hessville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Munster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Lawn, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Lawn.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Lawn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Lawn.
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 Lawn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Lawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Getty Tomb
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wunder's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wunder's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wunder's Cemetery is located in Buena Park.
- The Wunder's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wunders Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosehill Mausoleum
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Henry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Couch Mausoleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemian National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bohemian National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Albany Park.
- The Bohemian National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #216236 <2>
- Montrose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Luke Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Albany Park.
- The St. Luke Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Lucas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107959 <2>
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chicago.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105009 <2>
- New Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ridge Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Cedar Lawn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Lawn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Lawn, with the one closest to Cedar Lawn listed first.
- Buena Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buena Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Park
- Ravenswood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ravenswood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Cuyler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cuyler is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyler
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Edgewater is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Summerdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Summerdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Bowmanville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bowmanville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanville
- Rogers Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rogers Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Park
- Avondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Birchwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Irving Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Irving Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Park
- Grayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grayland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hermosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hermosa is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Pacific Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific Junction is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Junction
- Simons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simons is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Lawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Lawn.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Lawn ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Lawn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Lawn, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Lawn.
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 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 Cedar Lawn:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Lake County
- Will County
- Lake 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 Cedar Lawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Lawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |