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 Lorenzo (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 Lorenzo. 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 northwest 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 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.
Lorenzo is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Lorenzo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lorenzo:
- Will County (The home county of Lorenzo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Blodgett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Braidwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Godley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Symerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Custer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Shorewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Manhattan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston Heights is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Lemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Matteson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tinley Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richton Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Palos Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Country Club Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flossmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- DeKalb County
- Sandwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Woodridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Naperville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Darien
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Cabery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kempton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Channahon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minooka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Braceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Central City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Claypool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gaslight Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iroquois County
- Chebanse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Essex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bonfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reddick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goodrich
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Manteno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bourbonnais
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herscher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Limestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bradley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Plattville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Lisbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oswego
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Seneca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Stavanger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stavanger is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stavanger
- Millington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ransom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Serena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blakes is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakes
- Wedron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kernan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dayton is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Cardiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Dwight
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Campus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sunbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Adams ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Emington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Budd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Odell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Blackstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lorenzo, see our County-by-County Page for Lorenzo.
Cemeteries Near Lorenzo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lorenzo.
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 Lorenzo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lorenzo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Short Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Rose of Lima Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107049 <2>
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107289 <2>
- Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McCune Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McCune Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Elwood.
- The McCune Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asparagus Road Cemetery
- Jackson Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437050 <2>
- Dresden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Braidwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107252 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Starrs Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrs Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Starrs Grove Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Symerton.
- The Starrs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Star Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317942 <2>
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Elwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230020 <2>
- Willard Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Willard Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside of Channahon
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108868 <2>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Braidwood.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107052 <2>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lorenzo had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lorenzo, with the one closest to Lorenzo listed first.
- Blodgett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Drummond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drummond is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Divine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Divine is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Braidwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Channahon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millsdale is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millsdale
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Minooka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Braceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Custer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lorenzo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lorenzo.
Newspapers Published in Lorenzo ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lorenzo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lorenzo, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lorenzo.
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 Lorenzo:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Ford County
- Grundy County
- Iroquois County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Livingston 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lorenzo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lorenzo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |