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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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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 Greenwood ...

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 Greenwood: Mt. Greenwood

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Mount Greenwood is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).

Below are the counties that are near Mount Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Greenwood:

  • Cook County     (The home county of Mount Greenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.
    • Evergreen Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Merrionette Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Washington Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Washington Heights is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
    • Hometown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Lawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Island
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Island is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
    • Alsip
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbins
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Calumet Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crestwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chicago Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gano
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Gano is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
    • Burbank
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.
    • Willowbrook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hinsdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tedens ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tedens is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
    • Clarendon Hills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oak Brook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Westmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Downers Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Brook Terrace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
    • South Elmhurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
    • Utopia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Utopia is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Woodridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Elmhurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.
    • Goodings Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Frankfort Square
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Frankfort Square is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
    • Homer Glen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
    • Mokena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Frankfort
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Steger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Crete
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • University Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gilletts ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilletts is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
    • Colonial Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Lockport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • New Lenox
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolingbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lake County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.
    • Whiting
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • East Chicago
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hammond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Hessville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
    • Munster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Munster is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munster <1>
    • Highland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
    • Griffith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartsdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
    • Gary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <1>
    • Schererville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • New Elliott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
    • Ross
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ross is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
  • Porter County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.
    • Ogden Dunes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
    • Woodland Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
    • Portage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Portage is located in Porter County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <1>
    • Willow Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Porter County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Burns Harbor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Wheeler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wheeler is located in Porter County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Greenwood.

Cemeteries Near Mount Greenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Greenwood.

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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.

  • Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Ever Rest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Beverly Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beverly Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
    • The Beverly Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Beverly Memorial Park Cemetery
    • Beverly Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104753 <2>
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107055 <2>
  • Chapel Hills Gardens South
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hazel Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Restvale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restvale Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Restvale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Alsip.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107649 <2>
  • Burr Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (351 more) ...
    • Lincoln Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mount Greenwood had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Greenwood, with the one closest to Mount Greenwood listed first.

  • Evergreen Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Blue Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Island is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
  • Morgan Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Morgan Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Park
  • Washington Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Washington Heights is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
  • Beverly Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly Hills is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
  • Oak Lawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Brainerd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brainerd is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
  • Gano
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gano is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
  • Roseland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Roseland is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • South Englewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • South Englewood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Englewood
  • Forest Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest Hill is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
  • Worth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Riverdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kensington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Kensington is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
    • Pullman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pullman is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Greenwood.

Newspapers Published in Mount Greenwood ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Greenwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Greenwood.

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 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 Greenwood:

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 Greenwood, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.