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 Doyles (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 Doyles. 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.
Doyles 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 Doyles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doyles:
- Clark County (The home county of Doyles)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Cleone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Westfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oilfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clark Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Casey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Dennison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Farrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Broadlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Longview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Ashmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Hutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lerna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dorans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Humboldt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mattoon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Trilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Magnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Annapolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bellair
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- West York
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hutsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Union Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Diona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Timothy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Hazel Dell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Janesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bradbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Greenup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Toledo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Hindsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Newman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Filson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Filson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
- Murdock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arcola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Fairland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Villa Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Bell Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Kansas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Oliver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Redmon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Borton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Nevins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Brocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Vermilion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hidalgo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hunt City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Vermilion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Archie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Allerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sidell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- West Atherton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Fairbanks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Farmersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Blanford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Saint Bernice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Universal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sandytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Dana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Summit Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Liggett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Libertyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Pine Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- New Goshen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairieton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- West Terre Haute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vigo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Barnhart Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Taylorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Prairie Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doyles, see our County-by-County Page for Doyles.
Cemeteries Near Doyles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doyles.
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 Doyles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doyles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cupps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boyer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Kansas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2339438 <3>
- Richwoods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods Cemetery
- The Richwoods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Conrad Baptist Cemetery
- Conrad Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #231385 <3>
- Ennis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Moss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
- The Bean Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cleone Cemetery
- Bluegrass Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarksville Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Barr - Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Doyles in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doyles.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doyles, with the one closest to Doyles listed first.
- Cleone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Westfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kansas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dudley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Ashmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clark Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Conlogue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Warrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Warrington is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Oliver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mays is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Redmon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doyles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doyles.
Newspapers Published in Doyles ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doyles.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doyles, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doyles.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Doyles:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Vermilion 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Doyles) 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 Doyles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |