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 Danley (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 Danley. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Danley is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Saint Clair, Washington, Perry (MO) & Sainte Genevieve (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Danley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Danley:
- Randolph County (The home county of Danley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Modoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Ruma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Bud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Dozaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Baldwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- New Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Jackson County
- Degognia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Renault
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fults
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maeystown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Chalfin Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Burksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Mitchie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Hecker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Willisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- New Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Lenzburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Marissa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smithton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millstadt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Freeburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Saint Libory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
- Imbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Clarmin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Caspars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Crystal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Festus is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Festus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,114 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Festus <1>
- Flucom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Herculaneum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Knorpp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Horine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Pevely
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pevely is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pevely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,001 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pevely <1>
- Hematite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Valles Mines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barnhart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Lithium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francois County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- French Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Bonne Terre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Desloge is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desloge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,900 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Desloge <1>
- Esther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Leadington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Blackwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Settletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Elvins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Oakville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mattese
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Mehlville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Clement ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Brickeys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Bloomsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Genevieve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Zell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Kinsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- New Offenburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Quarry Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Lawrenceton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Washington County (MO)
- Tiff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tiff is located in Washington County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Danley, see our County-by-County Page for Danley.
Cemeteries Near Danley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danley.
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 Danley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Danley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Studt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rebenack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Pass Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (354 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Danley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Danley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Danley, with the one closest to Danley listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Renault
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ames
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ames is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Modoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Ruma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bloomsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Genevieve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kinsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Zell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Red Bud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maeystown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Danby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Danby is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Burksville Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Chalfin Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Danley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danley.
Newspapers Published in Danley ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danley, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danley.
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 websites either 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 Danley:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington County
- Jefferson County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Washington 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 Danley, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Danley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |