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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Irondale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Irondale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Irondale, please Contact Us.
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 Irondale (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 Irondale. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Irondale is historic, it would have been located within present day Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Irondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Irondale:
- Cook County (The home county of Irondale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- East Side
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Side is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- South Chicago
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Chicago is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago
- Calumet Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calumet Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Heights
- Stony Island
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Burnside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Pullman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pullman is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Chatham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Hegewisch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Burnham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Gano
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gano is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
- Washington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- Hinsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Willowbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarendon Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Oak Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elmhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- South Elmhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Utopia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Downers Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- Steger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willowbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crete
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- University Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodings Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Frankfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mokena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Goodenow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Monee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- Whiting
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hessville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Munster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <2>
- Griffith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <2>
- Hartsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Ross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Duneland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Porter County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- Ogden Dunes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Willow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burns Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dune Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Wheeler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Babcock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Babcock is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- South Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chesterton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beverly Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Irondale, see our County-by-County Page for Irondale.
Cemeteries Near Irondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irondale.
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 Irondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Irondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- Oak Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107055 <3>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beverly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beverly Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
- The Beverly Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beverly Memorial Park Cemetery
- Beverly Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104753 <3>
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ever Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Lincoln Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Concordia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Irondale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Irondale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Irondale, with the one closest to Irondale listed first.
- South Chicago
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Chicago is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago
- Stony Island
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Cheltenham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cheltenham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Pullman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pullman is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Kensington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kensington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
- Hegewisch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- South Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Shore is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore
- Grand Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Gano
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gano is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
- Burnham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Parkside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whiting
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Brookline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookline is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Irondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Irondale.
Newspapers Published in Irondale ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irondale, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Irondale.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Irondale:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Will County
- Lake County
- Porter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Irondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Irondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |