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 Itasca (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 Itasca. 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.
Itasca is located in DuPage 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 DuPage County: Cook, Kane, Kendall & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Itasca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Itasca:
- DuPage County (The home county of Itasca)
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Medinah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wood Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Addison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bensenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Glendale Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Villa Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Villa Park is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
- Elmhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Ellyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carol Stream
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Elk Grove Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schaumburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfax Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Rolling Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Norma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norma is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Hanover Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rosemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Schiller Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arlington Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plum Grove Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Mount Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- East Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Elgin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carpentersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Gilberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mooseheart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oswego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Buffalo Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Kildeer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverwoods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Zurich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lincolnshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Long Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Deerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- North Barrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Bannockburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Algonquin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Island Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Crystal Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Holiday Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Huntley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Lakewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Winston Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bolingbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Bloomfield Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Romeoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Normantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Homer Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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 <1>
- Lockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plainfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Crest Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lawns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Itasca, see our County-by-County Page for Itasca.
Cemeteries Near Itasca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Itasca.
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 Itasca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Itasca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bloomingdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Andrew Ukrain Orthodx Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Addison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freinenigreit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Churchville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fredens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johannes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- St. Isadores Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Emblem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Itasca had a population of 333 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Itasca had a population of 9,758 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Itasca, with the one closest to Itasca listed first.
- Elk Grove Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roselle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bensenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schaumburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- South Addison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Addison is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Addison
- Gretna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gretna is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Elmhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ontarioville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ontarioville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville
- Glen Ellyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lombard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Elmhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Franklin Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Itasca. See our List of 1890's Communities around Itasca.
Newspapers Published in Itasca ...
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 Itasca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Itasca, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Itasca.
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 websites either 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 Itasca:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to DuPage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will 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> | 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 Itasca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Itasca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |