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 Klondike (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 Klondike. 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 hospitals 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.
Klondike is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Klondike. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klondike:
- Lake County (The home county of Klondike)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Fox Lake Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Fox Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Monaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
- Lake Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Channel Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Ingleside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Round Lake Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Lake Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boone County
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Capri Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Inverness
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- South Barrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Wheeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfax Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Hoffman Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Prospect Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- DuPage County
- Roselle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Carpentersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pingree Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Hampshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Plato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Plato Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Pistakee Highlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Spring Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ringwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCullom Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Holiday Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- McHenry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Benet Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Camp Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Salem Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Twin Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Paddock Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Bristol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Fossland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Woodworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Powers Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Slades Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Milwaukee County (WI)
- Union Church
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union Church is located in Milwaukee County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
- Racine County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Bohners Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Browns Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Union Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Eagle Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- Yorkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Sturtevant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sturtevant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturtevant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,637 people
- Honey Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Waterford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
- Elmwood Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Park is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Genoa City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Lake Geneva
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Zenda
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Voree ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Voree is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voree
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Como
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Lake Como
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Spring Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Prairie
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Waukesha County (WI)
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Waukesha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Klondike, see our County-by-County Page for Klondike.
Cemeteries Near Klondike ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klondike.
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 Klondike - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klondike covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Grass Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Fox Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Angolian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Home Oaks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- English Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orvis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wray - Imeson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sprind Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Volo 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.<2>
While we didn't find Klondike in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Klondike.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Grass Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Fox Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lake Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Loon Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Spring Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Antioch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Volo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Hainesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ringwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grayslake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klondike. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klondike.
Newspapers Published in Klondike ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klondike.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klondike, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Klondike.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Klondike:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- McHenry County
- Kenosha County
- Milwaukee County
- Racine County
- Walworth County
- Waukesha 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 Klondike, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Klondike) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |