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 Lawrenceville (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 Lawrenceville. 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 Lawrenceville ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Lawrenceville was referred to as Lawrenceville Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lawrenceville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lawrenceville.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lawrenceville is located in Lawrence County and is the County Seat.
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 Lawrence County: Crawford, Richland, Wabash & Knox (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Lawrenceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawrenceville:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Lawrenceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Billett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Birds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sumner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clark County
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Oil Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Villas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Heathsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Landes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Duncanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Hardinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Green Brier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Oil Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- West Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Bone Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Browns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Sainte Marie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Willow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Berryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Claremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Olney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gallagher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gallagher is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Noble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Passport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Passport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
- Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wakefield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Wynoose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wynoose is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Orio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Allendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Lancaster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Patton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bellmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Davies's County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Capehart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Giro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Giro is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Patoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fritchton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Busseron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Verne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verne is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Oaktown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Ragsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Bicknell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Willis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willis is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Pike County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Glezen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Carlisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merom
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Graysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawrenceville, see our County-by-County Page for Lawrenceville.
Cemeteries Near Lawrenceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawrenceville.
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 Lawrenceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawrenceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hollister Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- May Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Portee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goines Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Collins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pollard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Billett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Billett Cemetery is located in Billett.
- The Billett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Billett - Gottfried Cemetery
- Gottfried Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1312081 <2>
- Centerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Derr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dollahan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Lawrenceville had a population of 865 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lawrenceville had a population of 4,380 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Billett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Pinkstaff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pinkstaff is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkstaff
- Westport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Birds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Villas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Purcell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Purcell is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chauncey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chauncey is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawrenceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrenceville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lawrenceville ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrenceville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lawrenceville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lawrenceville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lawrenceville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Lawrenceville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Lawrenceville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Jasper County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Sullivan 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 Lawrenceville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lawrenceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |