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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fitzgerrell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fitzgerrell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fitzgerrell, please Contact Us.
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 Fitzgerrell (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 Fitzgerrell. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Fitzgerrell is historic, it would have been located within present day Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Franklin, Hamilton, Marion, Perry, Washington & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Fitzgerrell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fitzgerrell:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Fitzgerrell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Emerson City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Nason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dareville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Waltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scheller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <2>
- Bonnie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marcoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marcoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoe
- Roaches
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roaches is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaches
- Woodlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Opdyke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Centralia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hoffman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Sesser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whittington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rend City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rend City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rend City
- Valier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ewing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- West City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
- Christopher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Macedonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dahlgren
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lovilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Flint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Piopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Belle Prairie City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Diamond City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- McLeansboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walpole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Dowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hallidayboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Vergennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oraville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Walnut Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cartter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cartter is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartter
- Central City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
- Hickory Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Union Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Town is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Town
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Junction City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Tamaroa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Du Quoin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Saint Johns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Pinckneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pyatts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Winkle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winkle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
- Conant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Cutler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Cornerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Galatia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Du Bois
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Du Bois is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Bois
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Radom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Posen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Posen is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posen
- Baldwin Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Baldwin Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Heights
- Irvington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoyleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wamac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wamac is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Minden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Minden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Minden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Keenes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Freeman Spur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <2>
- Bush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Stiritz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Hurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johnston City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blairsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Colp
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <2>
- Herrin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dewmaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Whiteash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Cambria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fitzgerrell, see our County-by-County Page for Fitzgerrell.
Cemeteries Near Fitzgerrell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fitzgerrell.
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 Fitzgerrell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fitzgerrell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Clampet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dryden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Gilbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.
Fitzgerrell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fitzgerrell, with the one closest to Fitzgerrell listed first.
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ewing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Christopher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Taylor Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
- Tamaroa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mulkeytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Roaches
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roaches is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaches
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Drivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Drivers is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drivers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Radom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Du Quoin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fitzgerrell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fitzgerrell.
Newspapers Published in Fitzgerrell ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fitzgerrell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fitzgerrell, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fitzgerrell.
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 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 Fitzgerrell:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Jackson County
- Marion County
- Perry County
- Saline County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fitzgerrell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Fitzgerrell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |