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 Low Point (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 Low Point. 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 Low Point ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Low Point: Low Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Low Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Low Point.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Low Point is located in Woodford 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 Woodford County: La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Peoria & Tazewell.
Below are the counties that are near Low Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Low Point:
- Woodford County (The home county of Low Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Washburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Metamora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Germantown Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bay View Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bay View Gardens is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Spring Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Secor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minonk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodford is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Panola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Goodfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bureau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Milo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Bureau Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Tiskilwa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Rutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Leeds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leeds is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Priscilla ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Priscilla is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priscilla
- Lostant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Tonica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leonore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kangley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kangley is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Streator
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Flanagan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Long Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ancona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Munster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Munster is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Graymont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coalville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Vermilion City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vermilion City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- La Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Lacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sparland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Toluca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Henry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wenona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Carlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gridley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Danvers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Danvers is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Danvers has also been known as:
- Danver
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <1>
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yuton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yuton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
- Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Stanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Normal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Towanda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Chillicothe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Keller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keller is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Peoria Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Peoria is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
- Edelstein
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Hallock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Hallock is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
- Peoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orange Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Peoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pottstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McNabb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Putnam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Palatine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Palatine is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Palatine
- Hennepin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Standard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Speer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Castleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harvard Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard Hills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Hills
- Beverly Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly Manor is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Manor
- Trailpark Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trailpark Gardens is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailpark Gardens
- Cooper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Sunnyland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robein
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robein is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robein
- Crandall ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crandall is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Farmdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Mayfair
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mayfair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfair
- Highway Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Highway Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Village
- Caldwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Low Point, see our County-by-County Page for Low Point.
Cemeteries Near Low Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Low Point.
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 Low Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Low Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Buckingham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morristown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linn Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Imhoff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ft. Dever Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- St. Marys Roman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- County Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hawks Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Low Point had a population of 49 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Low Point, with the one closest to Low Point listed first.
- Cazenovia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cazenovia is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Washburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Metamora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- La Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chillicothe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cruger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cruger is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Benson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sparland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Varna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Low Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Low Point.
Newspapers Published in Low Point ...
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 238 newspapers that have been published in the area around Low Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Low Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Low Point.
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 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 Low Point:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Woodford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bureau County
- La Salle County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McLean County
- Peoria County
- Putnam County
- Stark County
- Tazewell 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 Low Point, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Low Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |