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 Eagle (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 Eagle. 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.
Eagle is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, White & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle:
- Saline County (The home county of Eagle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Mitchellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Gaskins City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Muddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wasson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Ledford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Saline City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Carrier Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Thompsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Akin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Equality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ridgway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Shawneetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Inman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- New Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Broughton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Walpole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Elizabethtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saline Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Rosiclare
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Lamb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Cave-In-Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- New Burnside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ozark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Simpson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reevesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Wartrace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Egyptian Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Eagle Point Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Deer Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Massac County
- Big Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Herod
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Hartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Leisure City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Eddyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Golconda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Bay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Roland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Norris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Herald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Emma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Creal Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Crest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Crest is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Spillertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whiteash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Posey County (IN)
- Hovey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Crittenden County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Tolu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Carrsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Burna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burna is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Dekoven
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Raleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Grangertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chapman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Sullivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Breckinridge Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Blackford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle.
Cemeteries Near Eagle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle.
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 Eagle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Colbert Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Saline Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blockhouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wallace Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leamington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Partain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stuby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (422 more) ...
- Schutt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Karber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sneed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Eagle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle, with the one closest to Eagle listed first.
- Kedron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kedron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Somerset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Somerset is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Leamington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leamington is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
- Karbers Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Equality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hicks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Sparks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Mitchellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Lawler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Hartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ledford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle.
Newspapers Published in Eagle ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle, 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 Eagle.
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 Eagle:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Posey County
- Crittenden County
- Livingston County
- Union County
- Webster 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 Eagle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |