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 Dawleys (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 Dawleys. 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 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.
Dawleys is located in Alexander 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 Alexander County: Pulaski, Union, Ballard (KY), Cape Girardeau (MO), Mississippi (MO) & Scott (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Dawleys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dawleys:
- Alexander County (The home county of Dawleys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Diswood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cache
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Thebes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Cape Girardeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cairo Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Makanda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grand Tower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Cypress
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Buncombe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Massac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Joppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Columbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Pulaski
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Ullin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Olmsted
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Chain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Karnak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Mill Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Reynoldsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Dongola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Wolf Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cobden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alto Pass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Water Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Lick Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Barlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Bandana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- La Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wickliffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kevil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ceredo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Gage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gage is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Lovelaceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Bardwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCracken County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Ragland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Cimota City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- West Future City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Future City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Grahamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Leemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Allenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Randles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Pocahontas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Crump
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Burfordville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Wilson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Bertrand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Anniston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thirtyfour Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Sikeston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kelso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- New Hamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Blodgett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Diehlstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Morley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Chaffee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Haywood City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Oran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oran is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
- Caney Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Stoddard County (MO)
- Painton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dawleys, see our County-by-County Page for Dawleys.
Cemeteries Near Dawleys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dawleys.
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 Dawleys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dawleys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- McCrite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hargis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Childers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Honey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hodges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Uninty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Provo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Solomon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Dawleys in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dawleys.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dawleys, with the one closest to Dawleys listed first.
- Sandusky
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandusky is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Olive Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Pulaski
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Elco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ullin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Thebes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willard is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mill Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- America
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Wetaug
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wetaug is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetaug
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dawleys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dawleys.
Newspapers Published in Dawleys ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dawleys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dawleys, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dawleys.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dawleys:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Alexander County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- McCracken County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Stoddard 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> | 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 Dawleys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dawleys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |