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 Connelly Ford (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 Connelly Ford. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Connelly Ford is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Connelly Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Connelly Ford:
- Clark County (The home county of Connelly Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Oak Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Casey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Hogue Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Oilfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Clark Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Cleone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- West Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Hutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Ashmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Lerna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Magnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Mattoon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dorans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Bellair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Dogwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- West York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oblong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Duncanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Greenup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Diona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Walla Walla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Bradbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Jewett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Toledo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Janesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Neoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Bell Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Grandview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Kansas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oliver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Conlogue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Nevins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Elbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Borton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Redmon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Vermilion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Montrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Dieterich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Teutopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Yale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hidalgo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Rose Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Willow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Falmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Sainte Marie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Wheeler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Bogota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Richland County
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- Sigel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Fairbanks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Graysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Vigo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Liggett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Pimento
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- West Terre Haute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Connelly Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Connelly Ford.
Cemeteries Near Connelly Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Connelly Ford.
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 Connelly Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Connelly Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Mt. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cemetery
- The Mt. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mound Cemetery
- Baughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Restitution Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slusser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butternut Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baird Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird Cemetery
- The Baird Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baird Barr Cemetery
- Blackburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Connelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Casey Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Cumberland Cemetery
- The Casey Cumberland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Casey City Cemetery
- Cumberland Baptist Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164677 <2>
- Washington Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Street Cemetery, Vernon Addition
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Island Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leamon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Connelly Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Connelly Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Connelly Ford, with the one closest to Connelly Ford listed first.
- Oak Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Moonshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moonshine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine
- Casey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Bellair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Advance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Union Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Cleone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Timothy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Connelly Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Connelly Ford.
Newspapers Published in Connelly Ford ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Connelly Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Connelly Ford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Connelly Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Connelly Ford:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Effingham County
- Jasper County
- Richland County
- Shelby County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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 from Point A (ie- Connelly Ford) 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 Connelly Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |