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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Columbiana. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Columbiana to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Columbiana, please Contact Us.
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 Columbiana (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 Columbiana. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Columbiana is historic, it would have been located within present day Greene 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 Greene County: Calhoun, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Pike & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Columbiana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Columbiana:
- Greene County (The home county of Columbiana)
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Eldred
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Walkerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- East Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Patterson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Kane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Kampsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cliffdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Michael
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mozier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Star City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Gilead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Batchtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brussels
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Deer Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Spankey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Nutwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jerseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- McClusky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fidelity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chautauqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Delhi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Elsah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Medora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Challacombe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Summerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Hagaman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hagaman is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagaman
- Chesterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Piasa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hettick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Murrayville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynnville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Woodson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Bee Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Pearl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Straut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Nebo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Time
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Time is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Martinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Detroit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Detroit is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Florence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Atlas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Alsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
- Exeter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Elsberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Foley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cap au Gris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Argentville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Whiteside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whiteside is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Old Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Briscoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Fountain N' Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Davis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Annada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Paynesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Sledd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Clarksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Calumet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Calumet is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Eolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Louisiana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cyrene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- Portage Des Sioux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Columbiana, see our County-by-County Page for Columbiana.
Cemeteries Near Columbiana ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Columbiana.
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 Columbiana - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Columbiana covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Schumann Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Anselm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eldred Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eldred Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumming Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Varble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
Columbiana itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Columbiana, with the one closest to Columbiana listed first.
- Eldred
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cliffdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Woody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Spankey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Kaser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kaser is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaser
- Mozier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walkerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belleview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Berdan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berdan
- Straut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Columbiana. See our List of 1890's Communities around Columbiana.
Newspapers Published in Columbiana ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbiana.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Columbiana, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Columbiana.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Columbiana:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Morgan County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Lincoln County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Columbiana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Columbiana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |