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 Crenshaw Crossing (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 Crenshaw Crossing. 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.
Name Variations for Crenshaw Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Crenshaw Crossing: Crenshaw Xing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Crenshaw Crossing is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Crenshaw Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crenshaw Crossing:
- Williamson County (The home county of Crenshaw Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Energy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spillertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Whiteash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Herrin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stiritz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Johnston City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Colp
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <1>
- Dewmaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Cambon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Plumfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Orient
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Zeigler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deering City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Royalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Buckner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Christopher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hanaford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Parrish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walpole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Flint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Broughton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Carbondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Soto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hallidayboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Makanda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Murphysboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vergennes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oraville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ava
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Emerson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Ina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <1>
- Nason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bonnie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dareville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Scheller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Deer Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eagle Point Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Egyptian Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Goreville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Burnside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buncombe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Simpson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Du Quoin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Saint Johns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sunfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Pyatts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Tamaroa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- McCormick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Glendale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Stonefort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <1>
- Galatia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ledford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Cornerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Long Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Gaskins City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Raleigh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mitchellsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Lick Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Water Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cobden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alto Pass
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crenshaw Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Crenshaw Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Crenshaw Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crenshaw Crossing.
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 Crenshaw Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crenshaw Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Moake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Allen Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spiller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stroud - Sehoskey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ralls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ferges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Herrin City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Herrin City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Herrin.
- The Herrin City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Herrin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106121 <2>
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- East Lawn Memorial Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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 Crenshaw Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crenshaw Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crenshaw Crossing, with the one closest to Crenshaw Crossing listed first.
- Bainbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fredonia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Plumfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- New Dennison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Dennison is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dennison
- Blairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Crab Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crab Orchard is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Attila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Attila is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attila
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Carbondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Creal Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crenshaw Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crenshaw Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Crenshaw Crossing ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crenshaw Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crenshaw Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crenshaw Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crenshaw Crossing:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Union 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 Crenshaw Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Crenshaw Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |