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 Lone Tree Corners (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 Lone Tree Corners. 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 Lone Tree Corners ...
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 Lone Tree Corners: Lone Tree Cors.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau 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 Bureau County: Henry, La Salle, Lee, Marshall, Putnam, Stark & Whiteside.
Below are the counties that are near Lone Tree Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lone Tree Corners:
- Bureau County (The home county of Lone Tree Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Milo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Tiskilwa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bureau Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <1>
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- De Pue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
- Wyanet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hollowayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ottville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ottville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottville
- Seatonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Malden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Kewanee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Annawan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Priscilla ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Priscilla is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priscilla
- Cedar Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tonica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lostant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lostant is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Lostant has also been known as:
- Lost Ant
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lostant <1>
- Oglesby
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- La Salle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vermilionville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vermilionville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilionville
- Leonore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Utica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Utica is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 people
- Utica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- Munster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Munster is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sparland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Camp Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Varna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Toluca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wenona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Chillicothe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edelstein
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Hallock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Hallock is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
- Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Princeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monica is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
- Keller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keller is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Orange Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Laura
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Putnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hennepin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Granville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McNabb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Palatine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Palatine is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Palatine
- Standard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Castleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Modena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Osceola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Speer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Jersey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Jersey is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
- La Fayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Washburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Bay View Gardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bay View Gardens is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Metamora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Germantown Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Benson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minonk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roanoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lone Tree Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Lone Tree Corners.
Cemeteries Near Lone Tree Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Tree Corners.
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 Lone Tree Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lone Tree Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- The Hunter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottage Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267621 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- The Mound Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boyds Grove Cemetery
- Boyds Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104840 <2>
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Bloom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Henry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nighswonger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Lone Tree Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lone Tree Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lone Tree Corners, with the one closest to Lone Tree Corners listed first.
- Whitefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whitefield is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefield
- Putnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Tiskilwa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hennepin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <1>
- Sparland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Florid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Florid is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florid
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Castleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wyanet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lone Tree Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Tree Corners.
Newspapers Published in Lone Tree Corners ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Tree Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Tree Corners, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Tree Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lone Tree Corners:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Bureau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Henry County
- La Salle County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- Peoria County
- Putnam County
- Stark County
- Woodford 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 Lone Tree Corners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lone Tree Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |