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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 Cullom (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 Cullom. 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 hospitals 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.

Cullom is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle, McLean & Woodford.

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

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Cullom)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Charlotte
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Charlotte is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Griswold
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Griswold is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
    • Emington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
    • Saunemin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chatsworth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Eylar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Eylar is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
    • Campus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Forrest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cardiff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Avoca ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Avoca is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
    • Swygert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Swygert is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
  • Ford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Kempton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cabery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Piper City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Roberts
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sibley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Melvin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Garber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Garber is located in Ford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
    • Elliott
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Gibson City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Gibson City is located in Ford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
      • Gibson City has also been known as:
      • Gibson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <1>
    • Paxton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Clarke City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Clarke City is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
    • East Brooklyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • South Wilmington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
    • Gardner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Braceville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Central City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Central City is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Highland Town ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Town is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Centerville is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Mazon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kinsman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Verona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coal City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Iroquois County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • La Hogue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • La Hogue is located in Iroquois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Hogue
    • Danforth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgeville is located in Iroquois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
    • Ashkum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gilman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Thawville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clifton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Onarga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Del Rey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Del Rey is located in Iroquois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey
    • Chebanse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Buckley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kankakee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Buckingham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Reddick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Herscher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Goodrich
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
    • Irwin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Irwin is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Essex
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bonfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Otto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Otto is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
    • Limestone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Limestone is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Sammons Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sammons Point is located in Kankakee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Sammons Point has also been known as:
      • Sammons Point village
    • Aroma Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Ransom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kernan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kernan is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
  • McLean County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Weston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Weston is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Cropsey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Anchor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chenoa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Colfax
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadows
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Meadows is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cullom, with the one closest to Cullom listed first.
    • Godley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Godley is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Custer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Custer Park is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
    • Braidwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lakewood Shores
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
    • Wilmington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wilmington is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people

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

Cemeteries Near Cullom ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cullom.

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

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

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

  • St. John's Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • West Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sullivan Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mona Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Broughton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sunny Slope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Saunemin Five Mile Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Chatsworth - Charlotte Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Emington.
    • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Call Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326028 <3>
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Brewton Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cullom had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cullom had a population of 519 people.

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

  • Charlotte
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Charlotte is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Kempton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Griswold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Griswold is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
  • Emington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Scovel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Scovel is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scovel
  • Saunemin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Chatsworth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cabery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Piper City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eylar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Eylar is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
  • Campus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Rugby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rugby is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • La Hogue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • La Hogue is located in Iroquois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Hogue
    • Buckingham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Swygert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Swygert is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cullom ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cullom.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cullom. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cullom and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cullom.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Cullom.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Cullom:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cullom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Cullom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.