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 Druce Lake (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 Druce Lake. 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.
Name Variations for Druce Lake ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Druce Lake: Druce Lk.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Druce Lake is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Druce Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Druce Lake:
- Lake County (The home county of Druce Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Third Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grandwood Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grandwood Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandwood Park
- Gages Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grayslake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lindenhurst is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
- Lindenhurst has also been known as:
- Lindenhurst village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <1>
- Millburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millburn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Venetian Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
- Hainesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gurnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Mill Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Round Lake Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Round Lake Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Capri Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Barrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Inverness
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Prospect Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Colonial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Covenant Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Techny
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Itasca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Medinah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roselle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bensenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Wood Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Carpentersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Dundee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Dundee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pingree Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Starks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Lakemoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pistakee Highlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
- Island Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Sunnyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Holiday Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Johnsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barreville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Oakwood Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- McCullom Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Solon Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prairie Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- McHenry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Fossland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Lake Shangrila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Benet Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Woodworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Pleasant Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Camp Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Salem Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Paddock Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Fox River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Twin Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Kenosha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kenosha is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
- Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Paris is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Racine County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Bohners Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Elmwood Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Park is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Sturtevant
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sturtevant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturtevant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,637 people
- Eagle Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
- Yorkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Browns Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Racine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Racine is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
- Franksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Franksville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- North Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Bay is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Genoa City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Voree ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Voree is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voree
- Lake Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Zenda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Como
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Lake Como
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Spring Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Prairie
- Williams Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Druce Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Druce Lake.
Cemeteries Near Druce Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Druce Lake.
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 Druce Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Druce Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Druce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highland Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Avon Centre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grayslake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sant Sava Monastery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Serbian Monastery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angolian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Lake County Poor Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Home Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Fox Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Druce Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Druce Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Druce Lake, with the one closest to Druce Lake listed first.
- Grayslake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hainesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millburn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Rollins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rollins is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Gurnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Fort Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Fremont Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Libertyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wadsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosecrans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosecrans is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Loon Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Rockefeller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockefeller is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockefeller
- Antioch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Druce Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Druce Lake.
Newspapers Published in Druce Lake ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Druce Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Druce Lake, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Druce Lake.
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 Druce Lake:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- McHenry County
- Kenosha County
- Racine County
- Walworth 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 Druce Lake, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Druce Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |