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 Middlebury (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 Middlebury. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Middlebury is primarily located in Cook County. A portion of Middlebury extends into Kane County and McHenry 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Middlebury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Middlebury:
- Cook County (The home county of Middlebury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Barrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Barrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Inverness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hoffman Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Streamwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Capri Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Palatine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Fairfax Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Hanover Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schaumburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Herbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- New Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- De Kalb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Bartlett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Roselle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Medinah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Carol Stream
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ingalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Itasca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Chicago
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Addison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- East Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carpentersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilberts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freeman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Pingree Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coleman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Starks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Bowes Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Plato Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Lake Barrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- North Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lake Zurich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wauconda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kildeer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Long Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Algonquin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Crystal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Island Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Prairie Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Lakewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Huntley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Will County
- Winston Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Benet Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Twin Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Camp Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Powers Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Fossland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Salem Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Paddock Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Slades Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Genoa City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Zenda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Big Foot Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Middlebury, see our County-by-County Page for Middlebury.
Cemeteries Near Middlebury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middlebury.
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 Middlebury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Middlebury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haeger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
- The Dundee Twp. Cemetery West has also been known as:
- Dundee Twp. West Cemetery
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chunns Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunns Burying Ground
- The Chunns Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Chunn Cemetery
- Oak Glen Cemetery
- Village of Algonquin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Windridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Middlebury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Middlebury.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Middlebury, with the one closest to Middlebury listed first.
- Carpentersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gilberts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Almora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
- Elgin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Lake Zurich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McQueen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
- Udina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Udina is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
- Spaulding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spaulding is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wauconda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Pingree Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Middlebury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Middlebury.
Newspapers Published in Middlebury ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middlebury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middlebury, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middlebury.
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 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 Middlebury:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Kenosha County
- Walworth 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 Middlebury, 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' (or 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- Middlebury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |