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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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.
Greenwood is located in McHenry 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 McHenry County: Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Kenosha (WI) & Walworth (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:
- McHenry County (The home county of Greenwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Wonder Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
- Wonder Lake has also been known as:
- Wonder Lake village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <1>
- McCullom Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Ringwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Capron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garden Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Poplar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Timberlane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Herbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Belvidere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Irene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Capri Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Hoffman Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palatine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Streamwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Fairfax Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Rolling Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- DuPage County
- Bartlett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Freeman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Carpentersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gilberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Dundee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hampshire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pingree Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Starks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- North Plato
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Fox Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ingleside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Volo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fox Lake Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Long Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Fort Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Monaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Monaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
- Round Lake Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Channel Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Argyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Powers Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Slades Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Camp Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Benet Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Salem Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Paddock Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Bristol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Woodworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Racine County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Bohners Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Browns Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Honey Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- Eagle Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Union Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Rock County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Avalon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Shopiere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shopiere is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopiere
- Tiffany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Genoa City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Zenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Pell Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Big Foot Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Lake Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Lake Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Walworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Williams Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Como
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.
Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.
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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Christ The King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ortend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carr - Harrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ringwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bluff City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry County Jewish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (291 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Woodstock.
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Ringwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Terra Cotta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Barreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Fox Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake
(11 miles [17.7 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 Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.
Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.
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 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 Greenwood:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to McHenry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- Winnebago County
- Kenosha County
- Racine County
- Rock County
- Walworth 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood) 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 Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |