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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 Hanson Park (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 Hanson Park. 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 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.

Hanson Park is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).

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

  • Cook County     (The home county of Hanson Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • Cragin
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Cragin is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragin
    • Elmwood Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pacific Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pacific Junction is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Junction
    • Grayland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Grayland is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
    • Dunning
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunning is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
    • Oak Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Moreland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Moreland is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Maplewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Maplewood is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Albany Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Albany Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Park
    • Harwood Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • River Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • River Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • Bensenville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Elmhurst
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • South Elmhurst
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
    • Oak Brook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Villa Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Villa Park is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
    • Hinsdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Brook Terrace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
    • Utopia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Utopia is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Wood Dale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Addison
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • York Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • York Center is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • East Dundee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coleman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Elgin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Geneva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Charles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Batavia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • South Elgin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Mooseheart
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Carpentersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Bonnie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • North Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • North Aurora is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • Braeside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Braeside is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
    • Ravinia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Ravinia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
    • Deerfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Highland Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Riverwoods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bannockburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Highwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lincolnshire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Aptakisic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Aptakisic is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
    • Prairie View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie View is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
    • Long Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • McHenry County
    • Fox River Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • Colonial Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Winston Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Goodings Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Bolingbrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomfield Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Homer Glen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
    • Romeoville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frankfort Square
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Frankfort Square is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
    • Mokena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Frankfort
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmont is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
  • Lake County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hanson Park, with the one closest to Hanson Park listed first.
    • Whiting
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Chicago
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Hessville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
    • Munster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Munster is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munster <1>
    • Highland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hanson Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hanson Park.

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 Hanson Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Mayrw Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Mayrw Cemetery
    • The Mt. Mayrw Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Mayriv Cemetery
  • B'nai Abraham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Isaiah Israel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosemont Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park Cemetery
    • The Rosemont Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosemont Cemetery
  • Westlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Westlawn Jewish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Acacia Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Irving Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Irving Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Norridge.
    • The Irving Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106325 <2>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • Elmwood Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Memorial Cemetery
    • The Elmwood Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Elmwood Cemetery
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (332 more) ...
    • Forest Home Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldheim Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Joseph and Sons Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<3>

While we didn't find Hanson Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hanson Park.

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

  • Cragin
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cragin is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragin
  • Hermosa
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hermosa is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
  • Mont Clare
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mont Clare is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
  • Galewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Galewood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Oak Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Austin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Austin is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Moreland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Moreland is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
  • Humboldt Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Humboldt Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Park
  • Pacific Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pacific Junction is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Junction
  • Irving Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Irving Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Park
  • Grayland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Grayland is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
  • Dunning
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunning is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Mandell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mandell is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandell
    • Central Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Central Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
    • Humboldt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Humboldt is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt

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

Newspapers Published in Hanson Park ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hanson Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hanson Park, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hanson Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hanson Park:

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>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 Hanson Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hanson Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.