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 Moores Corner (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 Moores Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Moores Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Moores Corner: Moores Cor. (or less commonly used: Moores Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Moores Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Corner may originally have been Moore's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Corner might be written as Moore Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Moores Corner is located in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County: Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Benton (IN), Vermillion (IN) & Warren (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Moores Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Corner:
- Vermilion County (The home county of Moores Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Bismarck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alvin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <2>
- Henning
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Illiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Collison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Potomac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Newtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Penfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Royal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gifford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flatville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flatville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mayview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayview is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Rutherford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Ludlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rantoul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar County
- Palermo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Ford County
- Paxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Goodwine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Claytonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cissna Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Schwer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schwer is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwer
- Loda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Buckley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Benton County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Ambia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ambia is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Freeland Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Fountain County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Layton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Attica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Harveysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Tippecanoe County (IN)
- Odell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Rileysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Gessie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Tree Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Perrysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eugene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <2>
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Hedrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- State Line City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- State Line City is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sloan is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Pence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pence is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Foster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Old Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Williamsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moores Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Corner.
Cemeteries Near Moores Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores Corner.
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 Moores Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Gundy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gundy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gundy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Bismarck.
- The Gundy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105964 <4>
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thurman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman Cemetery
- The Thurman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Swisher Pioneer Cemetery
- Leonard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild Cemetery
- The Fairchild Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Church Cemetery
- Fairchild Cemetery Savanna
- Johnsonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnsonville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Danville.
- The Johnsonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Humphrey Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Steward Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106361 <4>
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wiseman Cemetery
- Mann's Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- The New Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Cemetery
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Lorrence Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorrence Pioneer Cemetery
- The Lorrence Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lorance Cemetery
- Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Cemetery
- The Dodson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baptist Cemetery
- Farmers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<5>
While we didn't find Moores Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moores Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Bismarck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rayville is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
- Vernal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vernal is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
- Alvin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <2>
- Henning
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snider is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- West Newell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Newell is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newell
- Higginsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Higginsville is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Thomas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Rossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- State Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hedrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Potomac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hillery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moores Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Corner.
Newspapers Published in Moores Corner ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moores Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores Corner, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moores Corner.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Moores Corner:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Vermilion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Edgar County
- Ford County
- Iroquois County
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Moores Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |