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 Hartsburg (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 Hartsburg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hartsburg is located in Logan 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 Logan County: De Witt, Macon, Mason, McLean, Menard, Sangamon & Tazewell.
Below are the counties that are near Hartsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartsburg:
- Logan County (The home county of Hartsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Emden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Lawndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atlanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Broadwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Broadwell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Chestervale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestervale is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestervale
- Middletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- De Witt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Waynesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Midland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midland City is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland City
- Hallsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hallsville is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Kenney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wapella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rowell is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birkbeck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Birkbeck is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkbeck
- Fulton County
- Banner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Maroa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warrensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Niantic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- San Jose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Mason City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Teheran
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Teheran is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teheran
- Manito
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forest City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Poplar City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Topeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Goofy Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goofy Ridge is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goofy Ridge
- Buzzville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buzzville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzville
- Kilbourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- McLean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stanford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Danvers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Danvers is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Danvers has also been known as:
- Danver
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <1>
- Heyworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Yuton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yuton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
- Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Normal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Downs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gillum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gillum is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillum
- Menard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Croft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Croft is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Greenview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Peoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Mapleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bartonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glasford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sangamon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Williamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Hart
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Hart is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Hart
- Cantrall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spaulding
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spaulding is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
- Riverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Illiopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mechanicsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgely
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Boynton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boynton is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Burt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Armington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brownwood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brownwood is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Sutter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sutter is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mindale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindale
- Winkel ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winkel is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkel
- Fravert ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fravert is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fravert
- Minier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Goodfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Congerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Hartsburg.
Cemeteries Near Hartsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartsburg.
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 Hartsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Hartsburg Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Musick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Station Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nitlick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pool Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rimerman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lawndale Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hartsburg had a population of 269 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hartsburg had a population of 302 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartsburg, with the one closest to Hartsburg listed first.
- Emden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Burton View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burton View is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton View
- Boynton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boynton is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- New Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountjoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountjoy is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountjoy
- Armington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Jose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Atlanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hopedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Broadwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Broadwell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartsburg.
Newspapers Published in Hartsburg ...
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 222 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartsburg, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartsburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hartsburg:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- De Witt County
- Fulton County
- Macon County
- Mason County
- McLean County
- Menard County
- Peoria County
- Sangamon County
- Tazewell County
- Woodford 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> | 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 Hartsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |