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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Greenville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Greenville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenville, 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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Greenville is historic, it would have been located within present day Franklin 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 Franklin County: Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenville:
- Franklin County (The home county of Greenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Parrish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Thompsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanaford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Smothersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Deering City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- West Frankfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Akin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steel City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Orient
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Cambon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Elba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Equality
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Macedonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walpole
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Flint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Broughton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Diamond City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Lovilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- McLeansboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dahlgren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Piopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Belle Prairie City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Bungay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Dowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Carbondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Makanda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vergennes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Murphysboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Ina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Emerson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Bonnie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dareville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Belle Rive
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Opdyke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scheller
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marcoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marcoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoe
- Marlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marlow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Eagle Point Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Egyptian Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- New Burnside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Goreville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Simpson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Buncombe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Du Quoin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sunfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Tamaroa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- McCormick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Eddyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Herod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Cornerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Galatia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Long Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Carrier Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ledford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Muddy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wasson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Gaskins City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Stonefort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Lick Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Water Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Norris City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Enfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Stokes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Johnston City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stiritz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Whiteash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Freeman Spur
(9 miles [14.5 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 <2>
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Spillertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Herrin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Energy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for Greenville.
Cemeteries Near Greenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenville.
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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- East Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Fork Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Thompsonville.
- The East Fork Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989982 <4>
- Clem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Downs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smothers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Melvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williams Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stilley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilley Cemetery
- The Stilley Cemetery has also been known as:
- William D. Stilley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108407 <4>
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Isaacs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (505 more) ...
- Joplin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Heights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights Cemetery
- The Tower Heights Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tower Height Cemetery
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 Greenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Thompsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parrish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Smothersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Locust Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Frankfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- West End
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Akin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Attila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Attila is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attila
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plumfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crab Orchard is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Galatia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenville.
Newspapers Published in Greenville ...
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 Greenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenville.
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 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 Greenville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Union County
- White County
- Williamson 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 Greenville, 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |