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 Kingman (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 Kingman. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Kingman is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Macon, Montgomery & Moultrie.
Below are the counties that are near Kingman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingman:
- Shelby County (The home county of Kingman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Trowbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Strasburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stewardson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sexson Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Sigel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mode
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Middlesworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Fancher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Shelbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cowden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Findlay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Pana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Assumption
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- Casey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Magnet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Trilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lerna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mattoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dorans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Cooks Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Bushton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Neoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Bradbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Janesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Toledo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jewett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walla Walla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Greenup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Timothy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Diona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Union Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Hazel Dell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Arthur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shumway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Effingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Teutopolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Funkhouser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Beecher City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Moccasin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Dexter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Heartville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
- Watson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dieterich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Holliday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Saint Elmo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Dressor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dressor
- Avena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avena
- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Clede
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- La Clede is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Clede
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Wheeler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hidalgo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Rose Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Falmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Gays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Allenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Sullivan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dunn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Cushman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cushman is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cadwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cadwell is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadwell
- Lovington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingman, see our County-by-County Page for Kingman.
Cemeteries Near Kingman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingman.
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 Kingman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Spain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swedish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Patick's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rincker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Ash Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Downey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Copperas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Raney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gaskill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- Stewardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Neoga 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kingman had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingman, with the one closest to Kingman listed first.
- Trowbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Herborn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Herborn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herborn
- Stewardson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strasburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sigel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sexson Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Mode
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Shumway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Roslyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslyn
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fancher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Gays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Middlesworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingman.
Newspapers Published in Kingman ...
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 Kingman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingman, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingman.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Kingman:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Effingham County
- Fayette County
- Jasper County
- Moultrie 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 Kingman, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kingman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |