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 Fox Hills (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 Fox Hills. 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 hospitals 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.
Fox Hills is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Fox Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fox Hills:
- Cook County (The home county of Fox Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Lemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Palos Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burr Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palos Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Head Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Justice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Darien
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clarendon Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Downers Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lisle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Utopia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Naperville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Minooka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Channahon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Diamond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Claypool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Batavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Mooseheart
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bonnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Campton Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Wasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- Manteno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Oswego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plattville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yorkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Plano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Goodings Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Bolingbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Lockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winston Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Romeoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Cherry Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Mokena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Joliet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Munster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- East Chicago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hessville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Hartsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Griffith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schererville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Elliott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fox Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Fox Hills.
Cemeteries Near Fox Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Hills.
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 Fox Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fox Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Homer Glen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104889 <3>
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
- The St. Patrick Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
- St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located in Homer Glen.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108034 <3>
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Orland Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooper Cemetery
- Orland Park Cemetery
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Runyan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Fox Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fox Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fox Hills, with the one closest to Fox Hills listed first.
- Goodings Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Sag Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
- Lemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Romeo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Romeo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Lockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lace
- Marley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Goeselville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Goeselville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goeselville
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Joliet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- New Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mokena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Hills.
Newspapers Published in Fox Hills ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox Hills, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox Hills.
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 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 Fox Hills:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Will County
- Lake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fox Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Fox Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |