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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Island Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Island Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Island Grove, 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 Island Grove (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 Island Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Island Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Island Grove: Island Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Island Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Island Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Island Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Jasper 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 Jasper County: Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Lawrence & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Island Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Island Grove:
- Jasper County (The home county of Island Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Wheeler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Falmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Hidalgo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Newton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hunt City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sainte Marie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Oak Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Hogue Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Casey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Oilfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Ingraham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sailor Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Camp Travis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Camp Travis is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Travis
- Flora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Trilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lerna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Magnet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Hutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Mattoon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dorans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Bellair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Dogwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Oblong
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Green Brier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Annapolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oil Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Hardinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Landes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Jewett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walla Walla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Toledo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenup
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bradbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Neoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Dell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Timothy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Johnstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Janesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Union Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Diona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Dieterich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Teutopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Effingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heartville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
- Green Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Watson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Funkhouser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Shumway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mason
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Edgewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- La Clede
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Clede is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Clede
- Holliday
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Saint Elmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Farina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loogootee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Gays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wakefield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Passport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Passport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Noble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Sigel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trowbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Stewardson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sexson Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Strasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mode
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Fancher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Cowden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Island Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Island Grove.
Cemeteries Near Island Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island Grove.
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 Island Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Island Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dieterich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gila Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Myer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Island Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Hicks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Diel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Aloysius 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.
While we didn't find Island Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Island Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Island Grove, with the one closest to Island Grove listed first.
- Dieterich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Gila
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gila is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Lis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Teutopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jewett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottstown
- Roslyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslyn
- Falmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hidalgo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Walla Walla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Newton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Effingham
(11 miles [17.7 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 Island Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Island Grove.
Newspapers Published in Island Grove ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island Grove, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Island Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Island Grove:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Effingham County
- Fayette County
- Moultrie County
- Richland County
- Shelby 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 Island Grove, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Island Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |