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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mineral City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mineral City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mineral City, 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 Mineral City (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 Mineral City. 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 northeast 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mineral City is historic, it would have been located within present day Hardin 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 Hardin County: Gallatin, Pope, Saline, Crittenden (KY), Livingston (KY) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Mineral City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mineral City:
- Hardin County (The home county of Mineral City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Rosiclare
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Karbers Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cave-In-Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lamb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Saline Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Equality
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lawler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Old Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Reevesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Simpson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wartrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- New Burnside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Vienna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Massac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Big Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Shady Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Brookport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Massac City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Leisure City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Herod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Eddyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Dixon Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- McCormick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Hamletsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Mitchellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cottage Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Ledford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Carrier Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <2>
- Gaskins City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Stonefort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Muddy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wasson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- Creal Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Crider
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Dulaney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Crittenden County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Tolu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Crayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Dycusburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Piney Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Carrsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Burna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burna is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
- Pinckneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Smithland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ledbetter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grand Rivers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lyon County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Kuttawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Marshall County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Calvert City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <2>
- Gilbertsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sharpe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- McCracken County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Paducah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hendron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Dekoven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sullivan is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Raleigh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Morganfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Blackford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blackford is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mineral City, see our County-by-County Page for Mineral City.
Cemeteries Near Mineral City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mineral City.
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 Mineral City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mineral City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Critchlow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shephard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Troutman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cowsert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cowsert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Soward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (495 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Empire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Mineral City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mineral City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mineral City, with the one closest to Mineral City listed first.
- Carrsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Rosiclare
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Irma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Irma is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Lola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Tolu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Peters Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Lusk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Sheridan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Raum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Raum is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raum
- Hicks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hicks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Waltersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waltersburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mineral City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mineral City.
Newspapers Published in Mineral City ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mineral City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mineral City, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mineral City.
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 either 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 Mineral City:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gallatin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Williamson County
- Caldwell County
- Crittenden County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Union County
- Webster 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 Mineral City, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mineral City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |