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 Mount Carbon (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 Mount Carbon. 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 Mount Carbon ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Carbon: Mt. Carbon
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Carbon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Carbon.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mount Carbon is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Union, Williamson & Perry (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Mount Carbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Carbon:
- Jackson County (The home county of Mount Carbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Murphysboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gorham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vergennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hallidayboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Elkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Tower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander County
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Royalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zeigler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mulkeytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Cambon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Christopher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Orient
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valier
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Jefferson County
- Emerson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Goreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eagle Point Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Egyptian Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Buncombe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Pyatts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Du Quoin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Denmark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Willisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Conant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Cutler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tamaroa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winkle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winkle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Shiloh Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Rockwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leanderville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Percy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Steeleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Menard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Alto Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cobden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Water Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Wolf Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Dutch Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Reynoldsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Dongola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Blairsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Cambria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hurst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Carterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <1>
- Dewmaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Crainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Energy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Herrin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Freeman Spur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <1>
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Shawneetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Old Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Leemon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Pocahontas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Friedheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Altenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frohna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Farrar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Farrar is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Uniontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Longtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Longtown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- McBride
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McBride is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Perryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sereno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sereno is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Biehle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Biehle is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Carbon, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Carbon.
Cemeteries Near Mount Carbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Carbon.
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 Mount Carbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Carbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Mt. Carbon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Murphysboro City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Murdale Gardens of Memory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tower Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Murphysboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108559 <2>
- Boucher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Worthen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (420 more) ...
- Bostick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Etherton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hiller - Crab Orchard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Mount Carbon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Carbon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Carbon, with the one closest to Mount Carbon listed first.
- Murphysboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Grange Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boskydell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boskydell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boskydell
- Oraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vergennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blairsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Elkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grubbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Carbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Carbon.
Newspapers Published in Mount Carbon ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Carbon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Carbon, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Carbon.
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 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 Mount Carbon:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Williamson County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Perry 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 Mount Carbon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Carbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |