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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 Clintonville (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 Clintonville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Clintonville is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.

Below are the counties that are near Clintonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clintonville:

  • Kane County     (The home county of Clintonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Coleman
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Elgin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • South Elgin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Saint Charles
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • East Dundee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Geneva
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bonnie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Campton Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Campton Hills is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
      • Campton Hills has also been known as:
      • Campton Hills village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
    • Wasco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowes Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
    • Carpentersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Gilberts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Herbert
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Herbert is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
    • Garden Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Streamwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hanover Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoffman Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • Schaumburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Barrington Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
    • Inverness
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Barrington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rolling Meadows
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fairfax Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Plum Grove Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Winthrop Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Elk Grove Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Charter Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
    • New Lebanon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
    • Cortland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
    • Genoa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Coltonville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
    • Hinckley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brush Point ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
    • De Kalb
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kingston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Elva is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
    • Franks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Franks is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
    • Clare
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Wayne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartlett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ingalton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ingalton is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
    • Keeneyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
    • West Chicago
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • West Chicago is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
    • Cloverdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Roselle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Carol Stream
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomingdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Medinah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Winfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glendale Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Montgomery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Boulder Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Oswego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bristol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Yorkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Little Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Rock is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Plano
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plano is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Millbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Barrington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
    • Lake Zurich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • North Barrington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
    • Fox River Valley Gardens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Port Barrington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Port Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
      • Port Barrington has also been known as:
      • Port Barrington village
    • Tower Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
    • Kildeer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
    • Buffalo Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilmer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilmer is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
    • Hawthorn Woods
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Algonquin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake-in-the-Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Fox River Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Trout Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Huntley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cary
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Crystal Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lakewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Oakwood Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
    • Barreville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Barreville is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
    • Island Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Prairie Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
    • Ridgefield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
    • Winston Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Normantown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Bloomfield Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Bolingbrook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonial Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Plainfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Romeoville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Walker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Crystal Lawns
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
    • Summerfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Summerfield is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Lockport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clintonville, see our County-by-County Page for Clintonville.

Cemeteries Near Clintonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clintonville.

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 Clintonville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clintonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.

  • Little Woods Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bluff City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
    • The Bluff City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bluff City Boulevard Cemetery
    • Elgin City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163487 <2>
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Elgin State Hospital Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lake Street Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bartlett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wayne Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (397 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Clintonville had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.

  • Coleman
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Coleman is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
  • Spaulding
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Spaulding is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
  • South Elgin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • South Elgin is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
  • Elgin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Youngsdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Youngsdale is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsdale
  • Wayne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bartlett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Saint Charles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Almora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Almora is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
  • Ontarioville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ontarioville is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville
  • Udina
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Udina is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
  • Wasco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Geneva
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ingalton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ingalton is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
    • McQueen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • McQueen is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clintonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clintonville.

Newspapers Published in Clintonville ...

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 242 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clintonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clintonville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clintonville.

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 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 Clintonville:

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 Clintonville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clintonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.