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 Century East (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 Century East. 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.
Century East is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Century East. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Century East:
- Will County (The home county of Century East)
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Manhattan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wallingford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallingford is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Brisbane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Wilton Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- New Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Ingalls Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ingalls Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
- Preston Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preston Heights is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
- Symerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Joliet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Matteson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tinley Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richton Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Orland Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Country Club Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia Fields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Flossmoor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Crest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Woodridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Darien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clarendon Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Naperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Downers Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Channahon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Minooka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Coal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Braceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Central City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Clarke City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- East Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Claypool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gaslight Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Iroquois County
- Chebanse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kane County
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Manteno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bourbonnais
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bonfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bradley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Limestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Grant Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Goodrich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Union Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Momence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sun River Terrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Plattville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Oswego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boulder Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- Cardiff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Dyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Munster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Saint John
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Schererville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Illinoi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Griffith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Elliott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
- Hessville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- East Chicago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Century East, see our County-by-County Page for Century East.
Cemeteries Near Century East ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Century East.
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 Century East - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Century East covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Manhattan Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Joseph Guardian Angels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Manhattan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107926 <2>
- Klingler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Providence Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Providence Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Joliet.
- The North Providence Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1035879 <2>
- Green Garden Greenview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Garden Greenview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Garden Greenview Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Manhattan.
- The Green Garden Greenview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Garden Methodist Cemetery
- Green Garden UMC Cemetery
- Greengarden Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #238337 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. St. Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilton Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twining Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brown Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Elwood.
- The Brown Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1365441 <2>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Starrs Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrs Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Starrs Grove Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Symerton.
- The Starrs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Star Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317942 <2>
- Chicago Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Century East in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Century East.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Century East, with the one closest to Century East listed first.
- Manhattan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wallingford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallingford is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Brisbane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spencer is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Steele
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Steele is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
- New Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Symerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- East Joliet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Mokena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joliet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millsdale is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millsdale
- Drummond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Drummond is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Blodgett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Century East. See our List of 1890's Communities around Century East.
Newspapers Published in Century East ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Century East.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Century East, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Century East.
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 websites either 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 Century East:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Iroquois County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Livingston 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Century East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Century East, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |