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 Cloverdale (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 Cloverdale. 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.
Cloverdale is located in Tazewell 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 Tazewell County: Fulton, Logan, Mason, McLean, Peoria & Woodford.
Below are the counties that are near Cloverdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cloverdale:
- Tazewell County (The home county of Cloverdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Caldwell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Caldwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Gardena
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gardena is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Highway Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highway Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Village
- Robein
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Robein is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robein
- Sunnyland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Peoria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Groveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creve Coeur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Crandall ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Beverly Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beverly Manor is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Manor
- Marquette Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marquette Heights is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,617 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Banner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Breeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Breeds is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeds
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brereton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brereton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brereton
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Norris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dunfermline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint David
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Liverpool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- Yates City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Emden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Evans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Atlanta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Lacon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sparland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- La Rose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Manito
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Jose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Forest City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Natrona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Goofy Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goofy Ridge is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goofy Ridge
- Topeka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Danvers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Danvers is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Danvers has also been known as:
- Danver
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <1>
- Carlock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yuton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yuton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Normal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McLean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Peoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Peoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Peoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Peoria is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
- Peoria Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Peoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bartonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
- Keller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keller is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Pottstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- Maxwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Orange Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- Speer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Germantown Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bay View Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bay View Gardens is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Goodfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Eureka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Metamora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Congerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Secor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Washburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kappa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kappa is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cloverdale, see our County-by-County Page for Cloverdale.
Cemeteries Near Cloverdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cloverdale.
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 Cloverdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cloverdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Mooberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Farmdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale Cemetery
- The Farmdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oesterly Cemetery
- Zion EUB Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion EUB Cemetery
- The Zion EUB Cemetery has also been known as:
- Strickfaden Cemetery
- Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deacon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
- The Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
- Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
- Apostollic Christian Cemetery
- Hirstein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fondulac Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondulac Cemetery
- The Fondulac Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camlin Cemetery
- Gerber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerber Cemetery
- The Gerber Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gerber School Cemetery
- Old Apostolic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Apostolic Cemetery
- The Old Apostolic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coffman Cemetery
- Kaufman Cemetery
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- Holland's Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland's Grove Cemetery
- The Holland's Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gable Cemetery
- Kimler's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimler's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kimler's Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Pekin.
- The Kimler's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Craft Cemetery
- Kimler Cemetery
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 Cloverdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cloverdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Groveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Wesley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wesley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Cooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cooper is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Peoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Peoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Peoria is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
- Tremont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kickapoo is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bartonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hollis is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Pekin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cloverdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cloverdale.
Newspapers Published in Cloverdale ...
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 264 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cloverdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cloverdale, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cloverdale.
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 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 Cloverdale:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Tazewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Marshall County
- Mason County
- McLean County
- Peoria County
- Stark 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> | 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 Cloverdale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cloverdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |