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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Griffin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Griffin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Griffin, 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 Griffin (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 Griffin. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Griffin is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Griffin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Griffin:
- Clark County (The home county of Griffin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Livingston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Dennison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clark Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Cleone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Ashmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Hutton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- West York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Annapolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Bellair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Dogwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Gordon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Union Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Hazel Dell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Diona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Timothy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Greenup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Newman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hindsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Oliver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Elbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Bell Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Vermilion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Conlogue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Grandview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Huffmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kansas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Jasper County
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Cloverland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Staunton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Staunton is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Art
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Art is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bee Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Turner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Billville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Perth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Perth is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Prairie City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Coalmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- West Atherton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <2>
- Mecca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Armiesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Fairbanks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Farmersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Graysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Shelburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Merom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Blanford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Universal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Saint Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Fairview Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Summit Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Dana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Alta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Liggett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Barnhart Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Taylorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Pine Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Vigo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Harrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Libertyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- New Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Griffin, see our County-by-County Page for Griffin.
Cemeteries Near Griffin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Griffin.
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 Griffin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Griffin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Livingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forsythe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laufman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dennison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Farris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quinn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Simms Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mitchell 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.
While we didn't find Griffin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Griffin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Griffin, with the one closest to Griffin listed first.
- McKeen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McKeen is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
- Oliver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Dennison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Marley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Nevins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Clark Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Ernst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Sandford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Vermilion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Prairieton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Griffin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Griffin.
Newspapers Published in Griffin ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Griffin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Griffin, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Griffin.
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 Griffin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Clay County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo 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 Griffin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Griffin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |