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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 Little Indian (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 Little Indian. 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.

Little Indian is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Brown, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon & Schuyler.

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

  • Cass County     (The home county of Little Indian)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Old Princeton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Old Princeton is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Princeton
    • Burlingame
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Burlingame is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
    • Virginia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Philadelphia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Philadelphia is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Jules
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jules is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
    • Gurney ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Gurney is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
    • Sylvan ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sylvan is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Arenzville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bluff Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hagener
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hagener is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
    • Chandlerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Newmansville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Newmansville is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Cooperstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cooperstown is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
    • Ripley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Ripley is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Versailles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gilbirds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Gilbirds is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
    • Hersman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hersman is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
    • Mount Sterling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Marbletown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Marbletown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
    • Astoria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Summum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Summum is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
    • Vermont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greene County
    • Roodhouse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Macoupin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Scottville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Modesto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • White City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • White City is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Snicarte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Snicarte is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snicarte
    • Kilbourne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bath
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Long Branch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Long Branch is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Poplar City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Havana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Easton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Menard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Tallula
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Oakford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Petersburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Athens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Greenview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Literberry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Arcadia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Prentice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Prentice is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
    • Jacksonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Concord
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Arnold is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • South Jacksonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
    • Chapin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Alexander
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Morgan City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
    • Pisgah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Pisgah is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
    • Lynnville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lynnville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Woodson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Chambersburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Valley City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley City is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
    • Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Florence is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Griggsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sangamon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Pleasant Plains
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Berlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Berlin is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • New Berlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pasfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Pasfield is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasfield
    • Salisbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Salisbury is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Maxwell ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Maxwell is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
    • Loami
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Curran
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Curran is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Cantrall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jerome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jerome is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Leland Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Hawthorne Place
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hawthorne Place is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Place
    • Lowder
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Frederick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Browning
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluff City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Bader
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bader is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
    • Rushville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Indian, with the one closest to Little Indian listed first.
    • Exeter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Exeter is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Bluffs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxville is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
    • Winchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Naples
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Manchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Alsey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Glasgow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Glasgow is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people

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

Cemeteries Near Little Indian ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Indian.

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 Little Indian - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Stephenson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Berry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Liter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • John Epler Taylor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Black Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Beard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Arcadia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Henderson - McFadden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rucker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (488 more) ...
    • Levi Springer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • William Nisbet Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crum Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Little Indian had a population of 74 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Literberry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Burlingame
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burlingame is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
  • Arcadia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcadia is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Virginia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jordanville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jordanville is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
  • Philadelphia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Philadelphia is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Jules
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jules is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
  • Cass ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cass is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
  • Anderson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Anderson is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Sinclair
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sinclair is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
  • Prentice
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Prentice is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
  • Gurney ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gurney is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sylvan ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sylvan is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Arenzville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Concord
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Little Indian. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Indian.

Newspapers Published in Little Indian ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Indian.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Indian, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Indian.

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 Little Indian:

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 Little Indian, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Little Indian) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.