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 Hutsonville Ferry (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 Hutsonville Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Hutsonville Ferry is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Clark, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Knox (IN) & Sullivan (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Hutsonville Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hutsonville Ferry:
- Crawford County (The home county of Hutsonville Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Hutsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West York
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Duncanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Stoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Flat Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Hogue Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Clark Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Oak Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Marshall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Martinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Weaver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Cumberland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Coles County
- Hutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Greenup
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Oliver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bell Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Elbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Yale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Marie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Hidalgo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Newton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Birds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Amity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Gilmour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- White Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Jasonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Midland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Hoosier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Island City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Oaktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bruceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bicknell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Sandborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Vincennes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- New Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Sullivan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shelburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Farmersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Prairie Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Pimento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Lewis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Toad Hop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Liggett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Riley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Taylorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- West Terre Haute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hutsonville Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Hutsonville Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Hutsonville Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hutsonville Ferry.
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 Hutsonville Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hutsonville Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Hutson Old Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hutsonville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Musgrave Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Draper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lindley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- York Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Guyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Bailff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newlin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barbee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hutsonville Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hutsonville Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hutsonville Ferry, with the one closest to Hutsonville Ferry listed first.
- Hutsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Trimble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- West York
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Riverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fairbanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hutsonville Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hutsonville Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Hutsonville Ferry ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hutsonville Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hutsonville Ferry, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hutsonville Ferry.
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 Hutsonville Ferry:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hutsonville Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hutsonville Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |