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 Darwin (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 Darwin. 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 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.
Darwin 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 Darwin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darwin:
- Clark County (The home county of Darwin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Snyder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- West Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Livingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Clark Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Dennison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Farrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Cleone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Hutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Ashmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- West York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Annapolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bellair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Dogwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Duncanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Stoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Diona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Greenup
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Oliver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Elbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Bell Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Vermilion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Grandview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Conlogue
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Huffmanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kansas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Redmon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hidalgo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- Birds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Coalmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Cory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Art
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Art is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Howesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Cloverland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Clay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eel River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eel River is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saline City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Staunton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Prairie City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Bee Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Gilmour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Hoosier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- White Rose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Linton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County (IN)
- Oaktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Owen County (IN)
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Owen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- West Atherton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Fairbanks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Farmersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shelburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- New Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Dugger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Universal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Sandytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Saint Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Vigo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Pimento
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Youngstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Toad Hop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Liggett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Taylorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- West Terre Haute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Darwin, see our County-by-County Page for Darwin.
Cemeteries Near Darwin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darwin.
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 Darwin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Darwin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Darwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Marshall.
- The Zion Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Creek Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968965 <3>
- Lykens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shattuck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bubeck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ziegler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ohio Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Shawler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Darwin had a population of 207 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darwin, with the one closest to Darwin listed first.
- Snyder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Ernst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Walnut Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Vigo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Hutton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hutton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- West Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Fairbanks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Prairieton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Clark Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Darwin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darwin.
Newspapers Published in Darwin ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darwin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Darwin, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Darwin.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Darwin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion 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> | 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- Darwin) 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 Darwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |