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 Garden Heights (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 Garden Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Garden Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Garden Heights: Garden Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Garden Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Garden Heights.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Garden Heights is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, White & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Garden Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden Heights:
- Saline County (The home county of Garden Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Gaskins City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buena Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Muddy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ledford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Mitchellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Wasson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Carrier Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Thompsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Parrish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Akin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hanaford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Smothersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Deering City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- West Frankfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Steel City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Cambon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Equality
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lawler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Elba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Inman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Broughton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walpole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- McLeansboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Rock Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Elizabethtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosiclare
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Saline Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Lamb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Cave-In-Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- New Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Egyptian Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Simpson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Point Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Deer Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Grantsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goreville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Reevesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Buncombe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Massac County
- Big Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Herod
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- McCormick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Eddyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leisure City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Golconda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Norris City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Stokes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Herald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Emma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Hartford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Creal Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spillertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Johnston City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Crest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Crest is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whiteash
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Stiritz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Energy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Freeman Spur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Crittenden County (KY)
- Tolu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Carrsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Raleigh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Dekoven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Garden Heights.
Cemeteries Near Garden Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden Heights.
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 Garden Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Sunset HillCemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Butler Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ledford Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gulley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Saline Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bramlet Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Baker Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuttle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore - Vinson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore - Vinson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore - Vinson Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Harrisburg.
- The Moore - Vinson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moore - Vinson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106958 <2>
- Continue List (487 more) ...
- Blockhouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lindale Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Read Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Garden Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden Heights, with the one closest to Garden Heights listed first.
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ledford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Mitchellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Carrier Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Galatia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Kedron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kedron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Equality
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Long Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Leamington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leamington is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
- Lawler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden Heights.
Newspapers Published in Garden Heights ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden Heights, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garden Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Garden Heights:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Crittenden County
- Livingston County
- Union 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> | 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- Garden Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Garden Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |