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 Highland Haven (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 Highland Haven. 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 Highland Haven ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Highland Haven: Highland Hvn. (or less commonly used: Highland Havn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Highland Haven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland Haven.
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.
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 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.
Highland Haven is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Highland Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Haven:
- Kane County (The home county of Highland Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Gilberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plato Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- West Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pingree Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowes Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Carpentersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Starks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- South Elgin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- North Plato
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Irene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Streamwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Barrington Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Hanover Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoffman Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Schaumburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Winthrop Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Fairfax Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Palatine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- New Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- De Kalb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Hinckley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Wayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Keeneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- West Chicago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Cloverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Roselle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carol Stream
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medinah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oswego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Little Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Plano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Lake Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Port Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Deer Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lake Zurich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Kildeer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wauconda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorn Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Algonquin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Crystal Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Oakwood Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Normantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Bolingbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Plainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Walworth County (WI)
- Genoa City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Highland Haven.
Cemeteries Near Highland Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Haven.
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 Highland Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Udina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Udina Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981683 <3>
- Washington Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elgin State Hospital Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Plato Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
- The Dundee Twp. Cemetery West has also been known as:
- Dundee Twp. West Cemetery
- Starks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Cemetery
- The Starks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Stark's Cemetery
- Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
- The Bluff City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff City Boulevard Cemetery
- Elgin City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163487 <3>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107039 <3>
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Highland Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
- Udina
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Udina is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
- Almora
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Almora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
- McQueen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
- Plato Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Youngsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Youngsdale is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsdale
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pingree Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Elgin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Carpentersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Plato
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clintonville is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Spaulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spaulding is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Haven.
Newspapers Published in Highland Haven ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Haven, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland Haven.
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 Highland Haven:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Walworth 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Highland Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |