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 Jones Ridge (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 Jones Ridge. 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 Jones Ridge ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Jones Ridge: Jones Rdg. (or less commonly used: Jones Rdge. or Jones Ridg.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Ridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Ridge may originally have been Jone's Ridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Ridge might be written as Jone Ridge.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones Ridge.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Jones Ridge is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Union, Williamson & Perry (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Jones Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Ridge:
- Jackson County (The home county of Jones Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Degognia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Jacob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ava
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oraville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Murphysboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vergennes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carbondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Royalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mulkeytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Willisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Cutler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Conant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Pyatts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Pinckneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winkle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winkle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
- Du Quoin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Saint Johns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Sunfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leanderville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Shiloh Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Welge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Menard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Percy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Steeleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- New Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Alto Pass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cobden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Jonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- Clarmin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Hurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Bush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Colp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <2>
- Dewmaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Carterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Bollinger County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Old Appleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Shawneetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Friedheim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Leemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Millersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Farrar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farrar is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Altenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frohna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- McBride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McBride is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Longtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Sereno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sereno is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Perryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lithium
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lithium is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Biehle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Saint Mary
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Quarry Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Ozora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Minnith
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Sainte Genevieve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- River aux Vases
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Clearwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Zell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Jones Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Ridge.
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 Jones Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- McCormick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Houge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Isom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Talbott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bower Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McBride Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Koehn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Hindman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Jones Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Ridge, with the one closest to Jones Ridge listed first.
- Grand Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Eddy is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Eddy
- Degognia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Point Rest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Point Rest is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rest
- Seventysix
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seventysix is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventysix
- Crosstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crosstown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Shiloh Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Belgique
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belgique is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgique
- Brazeau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Ava
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sand Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Altenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wittenberg is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Welge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Jones Ridge ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Ridge, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Jones Ridge:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Washington County
- Williamson County
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jones Ridge, 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 from Point A (ie- Jones Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |