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 Hills (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 Hills. 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 and doctors 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.
Highland Hills is located in DuPage 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 DuPage County: Cook, Kane, Kendall & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Highland Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Hills:
- DuPage County (The home county of Highland Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Oak Brook Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Lombard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- York Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- York Center is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
- Oak Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Villa Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Park is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
- Downers Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Ellyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Elmhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Clarendon Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Addison
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berkeley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- La Grange Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Western Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,436 people
- Bellwood has also been known as:
- Bellwood village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <1>
- Broadview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Northlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- La Grange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burr Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grundy County
- Minooka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Batavia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mooseheart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 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
- South Elgin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Elgin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie
(19 miles [30.6 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
- East Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Wasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oswego
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plattville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Little Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Buffalo Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Deerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kildeer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Riverwoods
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bannockburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Lake Zurich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lincolnshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Long Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prairie View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Braeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braeside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Algonquin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Winston Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bolingbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Bloomfield Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Romeoville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Normantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Lockport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plainfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Crest Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lawns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Lake County (IN)
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Highland Hills.
Cemeteries Near Highland Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Hills.
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 Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Allerton Ridge Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boeger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Lombard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Babcock's Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pierce Downer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Downers Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary of Gostyn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bronswood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronswood Cemetery
- The Bronswood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hinsdale Cemetery
- Oak Forest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104884 <2>
- Brownswood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Blodgett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Highland Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland Hills, with the one closest to Highland Hills listed first.
- Lombard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Utopia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Downers Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Addison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Addison is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Addison
- Glen Ellyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- South Elmhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Elmhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hinsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Addison
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wheaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Hills.
Newspapers Published in Highland Hills ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Hills, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland Hills.
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 websites either 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 Hills:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to DuPage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Lake 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 Highland Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |