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 Moonshine (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 Moonshine. 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.
Moonshine is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Moonshine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moonshine:
- Clark County (The home county of Moonshine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Hogue Town
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Oak Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Casey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- York
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Clark Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Oilfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Cleone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Hutton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Ashmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lerna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Trilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Bushton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Bellair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Annapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- West York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oblong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stoy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Oil Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Robinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Timothy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Union Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Greenup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Diona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Jewett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Toledo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bradbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Janesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Bell Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Oliver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Grandview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Kansas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Conlogue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Dieterich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Yale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Hidalgo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Willow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Sainte Marie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Wheeler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Bogota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Lawrence County
- Birds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Graysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- New Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Farmersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Vigo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Pimento
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Liggett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moonshine, see our County-by-County Page for Moonshine.
Cemeteries Near Moonshine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moonshine.
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 Moonshine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moonshine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Duggan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Butternut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dix Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Restitution Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slusser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leamon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Backbone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baughman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cemetery
- The Mt. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mound Cemetery
- Debord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Moonshine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moonshine, with the one closest to Moonshine listed first.
- Bellair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Oak Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Annapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Yale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Casey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Walnut Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Oblong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moonshine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moonshine.
Newspapers Published in Moonshine ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moonshine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moonshine, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moonshine.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Moonshine:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Effingham County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moonshine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Moonshine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |