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 Huntley (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 Huntley. 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.
Huntley is primarily located in McHenry County. A portion of Huntley extends into 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 McHenry County: Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Kenosha (WI) & Walworth (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Huntley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huntley:
- McHenry County (The home county of Huntley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Lakewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Algonquin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Trout Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bull Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Terra Cotta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Belvidere
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Capron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Poplar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Caledonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Hoffman Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Streamwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hanover Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Palatine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Winthrop Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Schaumburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- New Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Kingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Cortland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clare
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Ingalton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Roselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carol Stream
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- West Chicago
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Bloomingdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Medinah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Itasca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Freeman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Hampshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pingree Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Starks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Gilberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpentersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Plato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Sleepy Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plato Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Kendall County
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Lake Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- North Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Wauconda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Zurich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Volo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kildeer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ogle County
- Monroe Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- North Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Park is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Powers Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Slades Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Benet Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Camp Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Fox River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Big Foot Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Genoa City
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Zenda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Pell Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Walworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Lake Como
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Lake Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Williams Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Delavan Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Huntley, see our County-by-County Page for Huntley.
Cemeteries Near Huntley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntley.
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 Huntley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Huntley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Huntlet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Doty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spicer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Cemetery
- The Starks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Stark's Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hampshire Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ave. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ave. Cemetery
- The Lake Ave. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
- Mt. Thabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Plato Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Village of Algonquin 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 Huntley had a population of 550 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Huntley had a population of 27,256 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Huntley, with the one closest to Huntley listed first.
- Coyne
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coyne is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne
- Freeman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Hampshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Pingree Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Plato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- McQueen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
- Carpentersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Algonquin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coral is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral
- Udina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Udina is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
- Almora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Almora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Huntley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Huntley ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Huntley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Huntley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Huntley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Huntley.
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 Huntley:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to McHenry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- Ogle County
- Winnebago County
- Kenosha 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 Huntley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Huntley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |