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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 Mundelein (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 Mundelein. 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 southwest 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 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.

Mundelein is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Mundelein)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Libertyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivanhoe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Creek is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
    • Vernon Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilmer
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawthorn Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mettawa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fremont Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Forest Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grayslake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Green Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kildeer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Capri Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Capri Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
    • Palatine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wheeling
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Barrington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairfax Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Plum Grove Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Winthrop Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Northbrook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonial Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Barrington Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
  • DuPage County
  • Kane County
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Island Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Lakemoor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox River Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Holiday Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
    • Cary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Oakwood Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
    • Barreville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Prairie Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
    • Trout Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Johnsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pistakee Highlands
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
    • Sunnyside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • McHenry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Kenosha County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Benet Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Fossland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake Shangrila
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Prairie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
    • Bristol
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Camp Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
    • Salem Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Woodworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Paddock Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
    • Fox River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Twin Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenosha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Powers Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
  • Racine County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Bohners Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
    • Union Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
    • Sturtevant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Walworth County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mundelein, with the one closest to Mundelein listed first.
    • Genoa City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
    • Pell Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
    • Zenda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Mundelein ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mundelein.

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

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

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

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 Mundelein in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mundelein.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mundelein ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mundelein.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mundelein. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mundelein and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mundelein.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> of Mundelein.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Mundelein:

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 Mundelein, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mundelein) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.