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 Hardin (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 Hardin. 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.
Name Variations for Hardin ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Hardin was referred to as Hardin Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hardin. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hardin.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Hardin is located in Calhoun County and is the County Seat.
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 Calhoun County: Greene, Jersey, Pike, Lincoln (MO), Pike (MO) & Saint Charles (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hardin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardin:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Hardin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Gilead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Star City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Michael
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Batchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kampsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mozier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Brussels
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Deer Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- East Hardin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Eldred
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Kane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carrollton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Belltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Hillview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- White Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Spankey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Nutwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jerseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McClusky
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Elsah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Medora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Summerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Challacombe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Piasa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Miles Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Chesterfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hagaman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hagaman is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagaman
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Godfrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Melville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Altamont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Bee Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Straut
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Pearl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nebo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Time
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Time is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Atlas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Pike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Alsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Elsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Foley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cap au Gris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Argentville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Old Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain N' Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Chain-of-Rocks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Moscow Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Annada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Sledd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Calumet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Cyrene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Louisiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Saint Paul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Portage Des Sioux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Josephville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- O'Fallon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <1>
- Flint Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Saint Peters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wentzville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- All Saints Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Lake Saint Louis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cottleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Earth City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
- Hazelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champ
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Champ is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Vigus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vigus is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus
- Florissant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardin, see our County-by-County Page for Hardin.
Cemeteries Near Hardin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardin.
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 Hardin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hardin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plummer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gunterman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reddish - Dunham Ford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hetzel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Busch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Cumming Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vance - Seaman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Star Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Hardin had a population of 311 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hardin had a population of 881 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardin, with the one closest to Hardin listed first.
- Gilead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Spankey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Apex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Fieldon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Batchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Elsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eldred
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbiana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Columbiana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbiana
- Foley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dameron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dameron is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Meppen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meppen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hardin ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hardin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hardin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hardin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Hardin.
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 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 Hardin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Lincoln County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis 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> | 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 Hardin, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hardin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |