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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 Lisbon Center (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 Lisbon Center. 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 Lisbon Center ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lisbon Center: Lisbon Ctr. (or less commonly used: Lisbon Cen., Lisbon Cent. or Lisbon Cntr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lisbon Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lisbon Center.

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 doctors 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.

Lisbon Center is located in Kendall 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 Kendall County: DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, La Salle & Will.

Below are the counties that are near Lisbon Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lisbon Center:

  • Kendall County     (The home county of Lisbon Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Plattville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Plattville is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Lisbon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Newark
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Millbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Yorkville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bristol
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Oswego
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Plano
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plano is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Boulder Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Montgomery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Little Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Rock is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Lemont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Orland Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Orland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Burr Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Sandwich
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Somonauk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Franks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Franks is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
    • Hinckley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shabbona Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shabbona Grove is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shabbona Grove
    • Shabbona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Elva is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
    • Cortland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Eola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Naperville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Warrenville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • West Chicago
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • West Chicago is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
    • Lisle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lisle is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <1>
    • Tedens ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tedens is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
    • Darien
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingalton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ingalton is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
    • Wheaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Downers Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Minooka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Nettle Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Nettle Creek is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Creek
    • Morris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Channahon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Claypool
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Claypool is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
    • Gaslight Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
    • Wauponsee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wauponsee is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauponsee
    • Carbon Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Coal City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Diamond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Sugar Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Aurora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Big Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • North Aurora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • North Aurora is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
    • Kaneville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mooseheart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Batavia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elburn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Geneva
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Charles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bonnie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
  • Kankakee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Essex
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Reddick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Millington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stavanger
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Stavanger is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stavanger
    • Sheridan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Serena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Seneca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seneca is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
      • Seneca has also been known as:
      • Crotty
      • Seneca village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <1>
    • Blakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Blakes is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakes
    • Wedron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Baker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Baker is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Leland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Dayton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Marseilles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ottawa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <1>
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Radley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Radley is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
    • East Paw Paw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
    • Paw Paw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Dwight
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dwight is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <1>
    • Sunbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sunbury is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Adams ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Adams is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Budd
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Budd is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.
    • Shorewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Summerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Summerfield is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Normantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Plainfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Crystal Lawns
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
    • Blodgett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blodgett is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
    • Rockdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Rockdale is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
    • Crest Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Joliet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Preston Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Preston Heights is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
    • Elwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lisbon Center, see our County-by-County Page for Lisbon Center.

Cemeteries Near Lisbon Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lisbon Center.

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 Lisbon Center - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lisbon Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.

  • Plattville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lisbon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Munger Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Helmar Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cross Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Plattville Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saratoga Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pavilion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Cemetery
    • The Pavilion Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pavillion Cemetery
  • NaAuSay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Aux Sable Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...
    • Chapman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Griswold Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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 Lisbon Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lisbon Center.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lisbon Center, with the one closest to Lisbon Center listed first.

  • Plattville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Plattville is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • Lisbon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisbon is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • White Willow ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • White Willow is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
  • Pavillion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pavillion is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion
  • Fox
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
  • Newark
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Millbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Millington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Nettle Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nettle Creek is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Creek
  • Sand Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
  • Minooka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Yorkville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Morris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Caton Farm
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Caton Farm is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton Farm
    • Divine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Divine is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lisbon Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lisbon Center.

Newspapers Published in Lisbon Center ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lisbon Center, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lisbon Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Lisbon Center:

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 Lisbon Center, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lisbon Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.