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 Highview (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 Highview. 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.
Highview is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Highview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highview:
- Lake County (The home county of Highview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Gilmer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Hawthorn Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Kildeer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Long Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Ivanhoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Mundelein
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Zurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Capri Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Inverness
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Winthrop Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Fairfax Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Rolling Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prospect Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- South Barrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- DeKalb County
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Roselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Itasca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Medinah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Wood Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bensenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Addison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Carol Stream
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Carpentersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilberts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Coleman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Pingree Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Bowes Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Hampshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Island Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Fox River Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Cary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Lakemoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Trout Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Prairie Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Algonquin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Terra Cotta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Johnsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Benet Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Fossland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Lake Shangrila
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Camp Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Pleasant Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Salem Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Woodworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Twin Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Fox River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Paddock Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Powers Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Kenosha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kenosha is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
- Racine County (WI)
- Bohners Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Genoa City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Zenda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highview, see our County-by-County Page for Highview.
Cemeteries Near Highview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highview.
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 Highview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Cemetery is located in Forest Lake.
- The Fairfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairfield - English Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105619 <2>
- Lake Zurich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gridley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ivanhoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sutherland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knopf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wauconda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Highview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highview, with the one closest to Highview listed first.
- Gilmer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Long Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Lake Zurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Leithton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leithton is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithton
- Rockefeller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockefeller is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockefeller
- Prairie View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Fremont Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Aptakisic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Half Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Half Day is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Day
- Libertyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wauconda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highview.
Newspapers Published in Highview ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highview, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highview.
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 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 Highview:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- McHenry County
- Kenosha County
- Racine 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> | 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 Highview, 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- Highview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |