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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Flemingsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Flemingsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Flemingsburg, 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 Flemingsburg (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 Flemingsburg. 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 Flemingsburg is historic, it would have been located within present day Effingham 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 Effingham County: Clay, Cumberland, Fayette, Jasper & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Flemingsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flemingsburg:

  • Effingham County     (The home county of Flemingsburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Mason
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mason is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <2>
    • Watson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Edgewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Heartville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Heartville is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
    • Gilmore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Gilmore is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • Funkhouser
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
    • Effingham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dieterich
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dexter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dexter is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
    • Altamont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Teutopolis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Green Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Green Creek is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Iola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Louisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ingraham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sailor Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Clay City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kenner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Kenner is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
    • Xenia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Camp Travis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Camp Travis is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Travis
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Jewett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Walla Walla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
    • Neoga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Neoga is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neoga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neoga <2>
    • Toledo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Toledo is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <2>
    • Greenup
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • La Clede
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • La Clede is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Clede
    • Farina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Loogootee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Saint Elmo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Peter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Howards Point ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Howards Point is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
    • Avena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Avena is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avena
    • Brownstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Paul
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Saint Paul is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Holliday
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Holliday is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
    • Bluff City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bluff City is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Shobonier
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Wheeler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bogota
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bogota is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
    • Lis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lis is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
    • Newton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Falmouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Falmouth is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
    • Rose Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • West Liberty
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • West Liberty is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
    • Hidalgo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sainte Marie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hunt City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hunt City is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
    • Willow Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Yale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Kinmundy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Omega
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Omega is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
    • Alma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Iuka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bannister
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bannister is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
    • Union Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Union Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Town
    • Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Vernon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Wakefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wakefield is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
    • Passport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Passport is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
    • Noble
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Dundas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gallagher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gallagher is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
    • Olney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Olney is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <2>
    • Wynoose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wynoose is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Sigel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Stewardson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Trowbridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
    • Mode
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mode is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
    • Fancher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fancher is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
    • Cowden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Strasburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Herrick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.
    • Rinard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Johnsonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cisne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Enterprise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Enterprise is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flemingsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Flemingsburg.

Cemeteries Near Flemingsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flemingsburg.

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 Flemingsburg - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flemingsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.

  • Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethsaida Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hull Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Leith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fender Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Morris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Poe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (463 more) ...
    • Old Mason Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Robinson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Brown 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.

While we didn't find Flemingsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flemingsburg.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Flemingsburg, with the one closest to Flemingsburg listed first.

  • Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hill is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Hord
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hord is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
  • Eberle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Eberle is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberle
  • Mason
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mason is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <2>
  • Watson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bible Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bible Grove is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
  • Elliottstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottstown
  • Edgewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Iola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Riffle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Riffle is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffle
  • La Clede
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • La Clede is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Clede
  • Gilmore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gilmore is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Louisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Funkhouser
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
    • Effingham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flemingsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flemingsburg.

Newspapers Published in Flemingsburg ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flemingsburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flemingsburg, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flemingsburg.

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 Flemingsburg:

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 Flemingsburg, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flemingsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.