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 Kaskaskia (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 Kaskaskia. 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 Kaskaskia ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Kaskaskia was referred to as Kaskaskia Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kaskaskia. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kaskaskia.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Kaskaskia is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Saint Clair, Washington, Perry (MO) & Sainte Genevieve (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Kaskaskia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kaskaskia:
- Randolph County (The home county of Kaskaskia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Dozaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Menard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellis Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Welge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Welge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Modoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Walsh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Leanderville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Degognia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Campbell Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ava
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oraville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Renault
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fults
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hecker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Chalfin Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Mitchie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Willisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Conant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Winkle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winkle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
- Pyatts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Marissa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lenzburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Clarmin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Caspars
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Bollinger County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Patton Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Sedgewickville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Friedheim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Daisy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Shawneetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Madison County (MO)
- Mine La Motte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Lithium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lithium is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Eureka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Millheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Biehle is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Brazeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Frohna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Saint Francois County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- French Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Saint Mary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Sainte Genevieve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Minnith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- River aux Vases
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Zell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- New Offenburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Clement ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Clearwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Weingarten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kaskaskia, see our County-by-County Page for Kaskaskia.
Cemeteries Near Kaskaskia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kaskaskia.
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 Kaskaskia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kaskaskia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stipe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nativity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kaskaskia had a population of 226 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Kaskaskia had a population of 13 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kaskaskia, with the one closest to Kaskaskia listed first.
- Saint Mary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Menard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Claryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Claryville is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lithium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lithium is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Ellis Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Sainte Genevieve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brewer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brewer is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Sereno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Belgique
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belgique is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgique
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Minnith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- River aux Vases
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Welge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Kaskaskia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kaskaskia.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kaskaskia ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kaskaskia.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kaskaskia. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kaskaskia and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kaskaskia.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Kaskaskia.
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 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 Kaskaskia:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington County
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve 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> | 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 Kaskaskia, 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' (or 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- Kaskaskia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |