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 Fosterburg (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 Fosterburg. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Fosterburg is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Clair, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Fosterburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fosterburg:
- Madison County (The home county of Fosterburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Dorsey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cottage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Bethalto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- East Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Belmont Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Wood River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Godfrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairietown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Bond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Old Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sorento
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pierron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Deer Plain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Golden Eagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Rockbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carrollton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woody
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Wrights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Delhi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McClusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Elsah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jerseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Otterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Grafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fieldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nutwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Spankey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piasa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shipman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Dorchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wilsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Medora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Staunton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Summerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Walshville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Litchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Fairmont City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- National City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Caseyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Washington Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Bunkum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- East Saint Louis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- French Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Alorton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sauget
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- West Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Baden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- University City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Cheltenham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Carondelet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Spanish Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Black Jack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Glasgow Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
- Castle Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Riverview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Dellwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
- Florissant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Moline Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
- Calverton Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calverton Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Ferguson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Berkeley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fosterburg, see our County-by-County Page for Fosterburg.
Cemeteries Near Fosterburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fosterburg.
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 Fosterburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fosterburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Fosterburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingersol Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Short Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dorsey Emmaus Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alton State Hospital Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Lawn Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Bethalto.
- The Rose Lawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens / Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968588 <2>
- Bethalto UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethalto UMC Cemetery
- The Bethalto UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethalto City Cemetery
- Bethalto Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640641 <2>
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dehne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Botts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fosterburg had a population of 110 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fosterburg, with the one closest to Fosterburg listed first.
- Dorsey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethalto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- North Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Alton
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Godfrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairietown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Melville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wanda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Piasa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shipman
(10 miles [16.1 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 Fosterburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fosterburg.
Newspapers Published in Fosterburg ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fosterburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fosterburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fosterburg.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Fosterburg:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bond County
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Montgomery County
- Saint Clair County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis 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 Fosterburg, 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' (or 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- Fosterburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |