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 Lakeview (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 Lakeview. 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 Lakeview ...
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.
Another variation: Lake View.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakeview. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeview.
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 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.
Lakeview 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 Lakeview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeview:
- Madison County (The home county of Lakeview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- South Roxana
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Poag
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Roxana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wood River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Pontoon Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nameoki
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glen Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Pierron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Pocahontas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sorento
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Deer Plain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brussels
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Trenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aviston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Baden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- Albers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- Kane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Elsah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Delhi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Dow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Grafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fidelity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jerseyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Staunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piasa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Shipman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Wilsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Sawyerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Benld
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Fairmont City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Caseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- National City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Bunkum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- East Saint Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- French Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Alorton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sauget
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cahokia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Arnold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <1>
- Maxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Flamm City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Murphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- West Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harvester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Baden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cheltenham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- University City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Carondelet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Glasgow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Moline Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Black Jack
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Dellwood
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Country Club Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Flordell Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Ferguson
(11 miles [17.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeview, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeview.
Cemeteries Near Lakeview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview.
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 Lakeview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Virgin Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springley Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Emmert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grover - Gifford Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley View Gardens 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lakeview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakeview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Poag
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Wanda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Nameoki
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Stallings
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stallings is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spanish Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Bethalto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Baden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeview.
Newspapers Published in Lakeview ...
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 592 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview.
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 Lakeview:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bond County
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis 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 Lakeview, 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- Lakeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |