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 Epworth (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 Epworth. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Epworth is located in White 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 White County: Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wayne, Gibson (IN) & Posey (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Epworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Epworth:
- White County (The home county of Epworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Carmi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maunie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Roland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Enfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Norris City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grayville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Ellery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Albion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Red Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Browns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bone Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Inman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Omaha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ridgway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Lawler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Equality
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Bungay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Broughton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McLeansboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Diamond City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Piopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Belle Prairie City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Walpole
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Texas City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Saline City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Cottage Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Long Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Raleigh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Muddy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Keensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bellmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Golden Gate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barnhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Geff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
- Sims
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Mounts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Owensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haubstadt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Savah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- New Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Griffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Oliver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bufkin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Barrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Hovey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Hepburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Stewartsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Wadesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Kasson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Darmstadt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Vaughan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Inglefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stacer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Smith Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Raleigh
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Chapman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hitesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Morganfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Epworth, see our County-by-County Page for Epworth.
Cemeteries Near Epworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Epworth.
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 Epworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Epworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Jones Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hanna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holderby Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Big Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sandhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williams Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seals Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Absher Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hadden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Epworth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Epworth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Epworth, with the one closest to Epworth listed first.
- Carmi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elm Grove is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Phillipstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Herald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Iron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iron is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
- Grafton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Upton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upton is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- New Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Erwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Epworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Epworth.
Newspapers Published in Epworth ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Epworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Epworth, 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 Epworth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Epworth:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edwards County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Saline County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- Gibson County
- Posey County
- Vanderburgh County
- Henderson County
- Union 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 Epworth, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Epworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |