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 East Hannibal (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 East Hannibal. 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 East Hannibal ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Hannibal: E. Hannibal
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.
East Hannibal is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Morgan, Scott, Marion (MO), Pike (MO) & Ralls (MO).
Below are the counties that are near East Hannibal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Hannibal:
- Pike County (The home county of East Hannibal)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Shepherd
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Spencer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Hull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Canton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Barry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- El Dara
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baylis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atlas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Pike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Fall Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Marblehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Payson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Burton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ewbanks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ewbanks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewbanks
- Beverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Fowler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Audrain County (MO)
- Vandalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Maywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- La Grange
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weber
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weber is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Ewing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sellers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Argola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Argola is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Marion County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Cave City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cave City is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Hannibal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helton is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Dodge City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge City is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Nelsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Monroe County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Monroe City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Florida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Ashburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburn is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburn
- Population from the 2010 Census: 52 people
- Frankford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Louisiana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Curryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Curryville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Tarrants
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tarrants is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrants
- Population from the 2010 Census: 22 people
- Bowling Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Harmony is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Ralls County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Saverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rensselaer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- The Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- Greenlawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Perry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Emden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emden is located in Shelby County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Hunnewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Kendall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Hannibal, see our County-by-County Page for East Hannibal.
Cemeteries Near East Hannibal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Hannibal.
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 East Hannibal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Hannibal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Head Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brinkmeier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Minoi - Sandiage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Burial Park
- The Grand View Burial Park has also been known as:
- Grandview Burial Park
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Hannibal had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Hannibal, with the one closest to East Hannibal listed first.
- Shepherd
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Aladdin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Hannibal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Fall Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helton is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Seehorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seehorn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seehorn
- Withers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Withers Mill is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers Mill
- Saverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- Hull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marblehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Payson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Barkley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Barkley is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rensselaer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Hannibal. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Hannibal.
Newspapers Published in East Hannibal ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Hannibal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Hannibal, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Hannibal.
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 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 East Hannibal:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Audrain County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Ralls County
- Shelby 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 East Hannibal, 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 from Point A (ie- East Hannibal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |