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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 Grove City (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 Grove City. 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 hospitals 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.

Grove City is located in Christian 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 Christian County: Macon, Montgomery, Sangamon & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Grove City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grove City:

  • Christian County     (The home county of Grove City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Bolivia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bolivia is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
    • Mount Auburn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edinburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharpsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharpsburg is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Sandersville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandersville is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Langleyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Langleyville is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langleyville
    • Taylorville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bulpitt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeisyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeisyville is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeisyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Kincaid
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tovey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tovey is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tovey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tovey <1>
  • De Witt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Rowell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rowell is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell
    • Kenney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Cornland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Latham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pulaski
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Elkhart
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Broadwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Broadwell is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Chestervale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Chestervale is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestervale
    • Beason
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Blue Mound
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Niantic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boody
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Macon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Harristown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Warrensburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Turpin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Turpin is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turpin
    • Bearsdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bearsdale is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsdale
    • Decatur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Zion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Forsyth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Macoupin County
    • Virden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Menard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Athens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Croft
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Croft is located in Menard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • White Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • White Oak is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Ohlman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wenonah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Wenonah is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenonah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Farmersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harvel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nokomis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Coalton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Coalton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Waggoner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultrie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Dalton City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bethany
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lake City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lake City is located in Moultrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Sangamon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Mechanicsburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Illiopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • New City is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
    • Rochester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Dawson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo Hart
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Hart is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Hart
    • Clear Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Riverton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Spaulding
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Spaulding is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
    • Pawnee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandview
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Grandview is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.
    • Moweaqua
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Yantisville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Yantisville is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantisville
    • Tower Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oconee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grove City, see our County-by-County Page for Grove City.

Cemeteries Near Grove City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grove City.

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 Grove City - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grove City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.

  • Grove City Methodist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Buckhart Dutch Reform Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Milligan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Auburn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hinckle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Edinburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Baptist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Darmer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Goode Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (255 more) ...
    • Stafford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mostetter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Furrow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grove City had a population of 119 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grove City, with the one closest to Grove City listed first.

  • Bolivia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolivia is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
  • Mount Auburn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sharpsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharpsburg is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
  • Stonington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Willeys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Willeys is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeys
  • Mechanicsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Breckenridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Breckenridge is located in Sangamon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
  • Blue Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Berry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Berry is located in Sangamon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
  • Lanesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lanesville is located in Sangamon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
  • Taylorville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Illiopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • New City is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grove City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grove City.

Newspapers Published in Grove City ...

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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grove City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grove City, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grove City.

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 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 Grove City:

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>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 Grove City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Grove City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.