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 Lake Barrington (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 Lake Barrington. 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 Lake Barrington ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Barrington: Lk. Barrington
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 southeast 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 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.
Lake Barrington 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 Lake Barrington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Barrington:
- Lake County (The home county of Lake Barrington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- North Barrington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Barrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Wauconda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Zurich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Kildeer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fremont Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Ivanhoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Boone County
- Garden Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills
(5 miles [8 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
- Inverness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Capri Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Palatine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoffman Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Fairfax Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Winthrop Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Arlington Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schaumburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Bartlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Medinah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Itasca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Wood Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carol Stream
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glendale Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Addison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bensenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Carpentersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pingree Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Starks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Bowes Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Hampshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Oakwood Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Cary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Barreville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Holiday Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Prairie Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Algonquin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lakemoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Terra Cotta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Crystal Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Benet Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Camp Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Fossland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Fox River
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Salem Lakes
(23 miles [37 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
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Powers Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Paddock Lake
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Woodworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Pleasant Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Slades Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Racine County (WI)
- Bohners Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Genoa City
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Zenda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Big Foot Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Lake Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Barrington, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Barrington.
Cemeteries Near Lake Barrington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Barrington.
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 Lake Barrington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Barrington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Windridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chunns Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunns Burying Ground
- The Chunns Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Chunn Cemetery
- Oak Glen Cemetery
- Wauconda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haeger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Zurich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Cemetery is located in Forest Lake.
- The Fairfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairfield - English Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105619 <2>
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Village of Algonquin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Lake Barrington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Barrington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Barrington, with the one closest to Lake Barrington listed first.
- Wauconda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Zurich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gilmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Barreville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Algonquin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Fremont Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Carpentersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Diamond Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Fort Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Volo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Terra Cotta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Crystal Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Barrington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Barrington.
Newspapers Published in Lake Barrington ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Barrington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Barrington, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Barrington.
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 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 Lake Barrington:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- McHenry County
- Kenosha County
- Racine County
- Walworth 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 Lake Barrington, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Barrington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |