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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 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 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.
Midway is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Clair, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Midway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midway:
- Madison County (The home county of Midway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Moro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prairietown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Dorsey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethalto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Rosewood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- Hamel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Worden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Roxana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fruit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Bond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Old Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sorento
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pierron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Calhoun County
- Deer Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aviston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- New Baden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Rockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Delhi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Dow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elsah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chautauqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Jerseyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fieldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Bunker Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Staunton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Miles Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Shipman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sawyerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Benld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- White City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Piasa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Walshville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panama
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Donnellson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Honey Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Bend is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Bend
- Shop Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shop Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Creek
- Taylor Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Caseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Bunkum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Washington Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- East Saint Louis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- National City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- French Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- O'Fallon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Alorton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- West Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Portage Des Sioux
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Baden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Carondelet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Spanish Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Glasgow Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
- Black Jack
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Castle Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Riverview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Moline Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
- Dellwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
- Calverton Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calverton Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Country Club Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Ferguson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Flordell Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Florissant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Midway, see our County-by-County Page for Midway.
Cemeteries Near Midway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.
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 Midway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Midway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Belk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethalto UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethalto UMC Cemetery
- The Bethalto UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethalto City Cemetery
- Bethalto Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640641 <2>
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Lawn Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Bethalto.
- The Rose Lawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens / Della & Howard Gibson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968588 <2>
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Preuitt Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pruett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eberhart Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (461 more) ...
- St. James Association Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Randle Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Midway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Moro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethalto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dorsey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairietown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Carpenter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Fosterburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterburg
- Wanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Worden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fruit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Poag
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Upper Alton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kaufman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaufman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaufman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Midway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midway.
Newspapers Published in Midway ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Midway:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bond County
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Montgomery County
- Saint Clair County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis 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 Midway, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Midway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |