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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about McIntosh Settlement. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McIntosh Settlement to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McIntosh Settlement, please Contact Us.
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 McIntosh Settlement (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 McIntosh Settlement. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of McIntosh Settlement is historic, it would have been located within present day White 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 White County: Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wayne, Gibson (IN) & Posey (IN).
Below are the counties that are near McIntosh Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McIntosh Settlement:
- White County (The home county of McIntosh Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Mill Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Springerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burnt Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carmi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Crossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Norris City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Calvin is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Phillipstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Herald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grayville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Clay County
- Camp Travis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Travis is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Travis
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Ellery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Red Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Browns
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Bone Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marion is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- West Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Frisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Taylor Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
- Akin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parrish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Whittington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Omaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Ridgway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Bungay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Belle Prairie City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Piopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- McLeansboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Dahlgren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lovilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Broughton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walpole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Belle Rive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bluford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Markham City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Markham City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham City
- Opdyke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pigeon ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Marlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Shields
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shields is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Summersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Bonnie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <2>
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Hickory Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Union Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Town is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Town
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Wynoose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wynoose is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
- Gallagher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallagher is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Parkersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Texas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Cornerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Long Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Saline City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Raleigh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Galatia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Wasson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Bellmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Barnhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boyleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Golden Gate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
- Wayne City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keenes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cisne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Mount Erie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Johnsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Griffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- New Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Savah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Barrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barrett is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Stewartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Solitude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Oliver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McIntosh Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for McIntosh Settlement.
Cemeteries Near McIntosh Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McIntosh Settlement.
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 McIntosh Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McIntosh Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Hammack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Springerton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shrewsbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kitty Sweeten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puckett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gifford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McLntosh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Atteberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find McIntosh Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McIntosh Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McIntosh Settlement, with the one closest to McIntosh Settlement listed first.
- Springerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mill Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burnt Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hubbard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hubbard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Thackeray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thackeray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackeray
- Logansport ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Logansport is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Boyleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Mayberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mayberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Piopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Merriam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- McLeansboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sacramento
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sacramento is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
- Delafield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Delafield is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delafield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McIntosh Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around McIntosh Settlement.
Newspapers Published in McIntosh Settlement ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around McIntosh Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McIntosh Settlement, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McIntosh Settlement.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McIntosh Settlement:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Edwards County
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Jefferson County
- Marion County
- Richland County
- Saline County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- Posey County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 McIntosh Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- McIntosh Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |