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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 Kaufman (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 Kaufman. 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 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.

Kaufman is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Clair, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Kaufman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kaufman:

  • Madison County     (The home county of Kaufman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Alhambra
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Worden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fruit
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fruit is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
    • Grantfork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Grantfork is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Livingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Williamson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • New Douglas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairietown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairietown is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
    • Highland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwardsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Old Ripley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Old Ripley is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Pierron
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocahontas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sorento
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Reno
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Reno is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Greenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Smithboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Mound
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mound
    • Mulberry Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Saint Rose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
    • Trenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Aviston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • New Baden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Breese
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Albers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Germantown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Marydale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Marydale is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
    • Damiansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Damiansville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
    • Beckemeyer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartelso
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlyle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jersey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Delhi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Delhi is located in Jersey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Fidelity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Macoupin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Staunton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Olive
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sawyerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • White City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • White City is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Wilsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Benld
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Benld is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benld
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benld <1>
    • Bunker Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Lake Ka-ho
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake Ka-ho is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ka-ho
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
      • Lake Ka-ho has also been known as:
      • Lake Ka-Ho village
    • Mount Clare
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Eagarville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gillespie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Walshville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Panama
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Donnellson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Litchfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Taylor Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Butler
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffeen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Schram City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Schram City is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schram City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
    • Hillsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Honey Bend
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Honey Bend is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Bend
    • Shop Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Shop Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Creek
    • Chapman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chapman is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Lebanon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lebanon is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <1>
    • Summerfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • O'Fallon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Petersburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Petersburg is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Caseyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairview Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shiloh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Shiloh is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,653 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiloh <1>
    • Bunkum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
    • Fairmont City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • French Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • French Village is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
    • Washington Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
    • Summit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Saint Charles County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • West Alton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • West Alton is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Alton <1>
    • Portage Des Sioux
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Saint Louis City (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Baden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
    • Saint Louis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Louis County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.
    • Glasgow Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
    • Riverview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
    • Spanish Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
    • Bellefontaine Neighbors
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
    • Black Jack
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
    • Castle Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
    • Moline Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
    • Dellwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
    • Jennings
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
    • Country Club Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
    • Ferguson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
    • Flordell Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kaufman, see our County-by-County Page for Kaufman.

Cemeteries Near Kaufman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kaufman.

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 Kaufman - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kaufman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.

  • Wood Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Seybert Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoxsey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Crandall Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mundis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hamel Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Vincent Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (457 more) ...
    • Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Worden Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden Lutheran Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Worden Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Worden.
      • The Worden Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • Worden Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108592 <2>
    • Deck - Weder Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kaufman had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Kaufman, with the one closest to Kaufman listed first.

  • Alhambra
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fruit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruit is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
  • Marine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Worden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grantfork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grantfork is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Carpenter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Carpenter is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • New Douglas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwardsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Troy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Troy is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,399 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
  • Saint Jacob
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Highland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Staunton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Prairietown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairietown is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
    • Pierron
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Ripley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Old Ripley is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kaufman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kaufman.

Newspapers Published in Kaufman ...

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 Kaufman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kaufman, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kaufman.

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 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 Kaufman:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Kaufman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Kaufman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.