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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 Hodgeville (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 Hodgeville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hodgeville is located in Pope 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 Pope County : Hardin , Johnson , Massac , Saline , Williamson & Livingston (KY) .
Below are the counties that are near Hodgeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hodgeville:
Pope County (The home county of Hodgeville)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Golconda (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Rock (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rock is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dixon Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dixon Springs is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs Bay City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bay City is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City Glendale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Glendale is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Eddyville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lusk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Lusk is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk Leisure City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Leisure City is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City Hartsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Hartsville is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Oak (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Oak is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak McCormick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
McCormick is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick Hamletsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Gallatin County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Bowlesville ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville Equality (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lawler (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lawler is located in Gallatin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Shetlerville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Shetlerville is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville Mineral City ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mineral City is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City Rosiclare (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Elizabethtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Karbers Ridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Rock Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rock Creek is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Cave-In-Rock (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
Cave-In-Rock village Lamb (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lamb is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Saline Landing (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Saline Landing is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Reevesville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Reevesville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville Grantsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Wartrace (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Wartrace is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace Simpson (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Reynoldsburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg Ozark (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bender ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bender is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender New Burnside (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Vienna (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Belknap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Egyptian Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills Buncombe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Massac County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Big Bay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Big Bay is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay New Columbia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
New Columbia is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia Brookport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Shady Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Shady Grove is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Unionville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Unionville is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Massac City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Massac City is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City Metropolis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Joppa (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Karnak (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
New Grand Chain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
Grand Chain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Perks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Saline County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Stonefort (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mitchellsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mitchellsville is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville Carrier Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Carrier Mills is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
Former names for Carrier Mills:
Carriers Mills Morrilsville Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <1>
Ledford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ledford is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford Gaskins City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Gaskins City is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City Liberty (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Liberty is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Buena Vista (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Buena Vista is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Harrisburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Cottage Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Cottage Grove is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Muddy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Red Bud ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Red Bud is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud Wasson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wasson is located in Saline County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Mount Pleasant (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Mount Pleasant is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Lick Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Lick Creek is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Creal Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lake Crest (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Lake Crest is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest Ballard County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Bandana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana Kevil (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Ceredo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo La Center (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lovelaceville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville Gage (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Gage is located in Ballard County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Caldwell County (KY)
Fredonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Crittenden County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Tolu (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu Sheridan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Dycusburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
Crayne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Crayne is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne Marion (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Marion is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
Piney Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork Graves County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Melber (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Melber is located in Graves County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber Symsonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Livingston County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Carrsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
Hampton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Burna (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Burna is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna Lola (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Lola is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola Smithland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Salem (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Salem is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Pinckneyville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville Ledbetter (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Tiline (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Tiline is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline Lake City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Lake City is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City Grand Rivers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lyon County (KY)
Kuttawa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Marshall County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Calvert City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Calvert City is located in Marshall County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
Calvert City has also been known as:
Calvert Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
Sharpe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Sharpe is located in Marshall County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe Gilbertsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
McCracken County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Paducah (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Grahamville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Grahamville is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville West Paducah (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Hendron (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Hendron is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron Oakdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Oakdale is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Ragland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland Lone Oak (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lone Oak is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Reidland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Reidland is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland Cimota City (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Cimota City is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City Future City (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Future City is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City West Future City (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
West Future City is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City Krebs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Krebs is located in McCracken County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs Union County (KY)
Dekoven (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Dekoven is located in Union County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hodgeville, see our County-by-County Page for Hodgeville .
Cemeteries Near Hodgeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hodgeville.
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 Hodgeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hodgeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Prospect Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Baker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bethany Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Foreman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Compton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Gregory Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Densch Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Waltersburg Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hemphill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Roper Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Kool Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Continue List (520 more) ...
Fields Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Bradford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Williams Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Hodgeville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hodgeville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hodgeville, with the one closest to Hodgeville listed first.
Tansill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Tansill is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansill Waltersburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Waltersburg is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersburg Temple Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Temple Hill is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill Rosebud (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rosebud is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud Golconda (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Rock (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rock is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Allens Spring (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Allens Spring is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Spring Bay City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bay City is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City Raum (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Raum is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raum Reevesville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Reevesville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville Big Bay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Big Bay is located in Massac County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay Shetlerville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Shetlerville is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville Continue List (15 more) ...
Glendale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Glendale is located in Pope County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Birdsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Birdsville is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville Carrsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hodgeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hodgeville .
Newspapers Published in Hodgeville ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hodgeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hodgeville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Hodgeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hodgeville:
Websites specific to Illinois Pages specific to Pope County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Gallatin County Hardin County Johnson County Massac County Pulaski County Saline County Union County Williamson County Ballard County Caldwell County Crittenden County Graves County Livingston County Lyon County Marshall County McCracken County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hodgeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Illinois: https://www.illinois.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Hodgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Hodgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.