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 Deering City (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 Deering City. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Deering City is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Deering City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deering City:
- Franklin County (The home county of Deering City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- West Frankfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Smothersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Parrish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Hanaford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Orient
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Steel City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Cambon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Plumfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Thompsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Macedonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Walpole
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Lovilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Diamond City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Dale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dahlgren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McLeansboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broughton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Piopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Belle Prairie City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Dowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- De Soto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carbondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vergennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Makanda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murphysboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oraville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Ina
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Emerson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Nason
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bonnie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dareville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Waltonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scheller
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Rive
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marcoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marcoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoe
- Opdyke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marlow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Eagle Point Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Egyptian Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Deer Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- New Burnside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ozark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Du Quoin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sunfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Tamaroa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pyatts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Pinckneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County
- McCormick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Cornerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Galatia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Long Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Raleigh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Carrier Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ledford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Wasson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Gaskins City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Muddy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stonefort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Lick Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Water Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Du Bois
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Du Bois is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Bois
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Radom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Johnston City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freeman Spur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <1>
- Stiritz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Whiteash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Pittsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Spillertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Herrin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Energy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dewmaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Bush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deering City, see our County-by-County Page for Deering City.
Cemeteries Near Deering City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deering City.
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 Deering City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deering City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Tower Heights Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights Cemetery
- The Tower Heights Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tower Height Cemetery
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Joplin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Neal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hanes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boner Cemetery
- The Boner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boner Chapel Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lithuanian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Deering City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deering City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deering City, with the one closest to Deering City listed first.
- Frankfort
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Smothersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Parrish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Plumfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Locust Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Akin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West End
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Attila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Attila is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attila
- Ewing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deering City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deering City.
Newspapers Published in Deering City ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deering City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deering City, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deering City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Deering City:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hamilton County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Union County
- Washington County
- Williamson 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 Deering City, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deering City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |