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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fredonia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fredonia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fredonia, 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 Fredonia (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 Fredonia. 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 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 Fredonia is historic, it would have been located within present day Williamson 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 Williamson County: Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Fredonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fredonia:
- Williamson County (The home county of Fredonia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Cambria
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Blairsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Crainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Colp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Hurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Energy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Herrin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Freeman Spur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Royalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zeigler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plumfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Cambon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Orient
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Frankfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Christopher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mulkeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buckner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Deering City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Valier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- Macedonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallidayboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Elkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Murphysboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dowell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oraville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vergennes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gorham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grand Tower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ava
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Emerson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Scheller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Nason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dareville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Waltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Deer Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eagle Point Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Goreville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Egyptian Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Buncombe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Du Quoin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sunfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Pyatts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Pinckneyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tamaroa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Willisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County
- McCormick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Randolph County
- Shiloh Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Stonefort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <2>
- Galatia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cornerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Ledford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Long Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Water Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Lick Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Alto Pass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cobden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dutch Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Wolf Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Altenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frohna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fredonia, see our County-by-County Page for Fredonia.
Cemeteries Near Fredonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fredonia.
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 Fredonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fredonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hinchcliff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McKinney Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Carterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1778004 <3>
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Carterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107282 <3>
- Willowrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Flock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Hurricane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greathouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cundiff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.
Fredonia itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fredonia, with the one closest to Fredonia listed first.
- Carterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blairsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Crainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Boskydell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boskydell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boskydell
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plumfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grange Hall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Murphysboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Frankfort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fredonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fredonia.
Newspapers Published in Fredonia ...
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 Fredonia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fredonia, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fredonia.
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 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 Fredonia:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Union County
- Perry 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 Fredonia, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fredonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |