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 Narrows Ferry (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 Narrows Ferry. 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 Narrows Ferry ...
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.
While the name of this community is Narrows Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Narrows Ferry may originally have been Narrow's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Narrows Ferry might be written as Narrow Ferry.
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 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.
Narrows Ferry 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 Narrows Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Narrows Ferry:
- Clark County (The home county of Narrows Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Livingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Clark Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Dennison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Farrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Coles County
- Hutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- West York
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Annapolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Robinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Dogwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- New Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Stoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Oliver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Elbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Bell Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Vermilion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Grandview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Conlogue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Kansas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Marie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hidalgo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Birds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Coalmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Cory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Clay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eel River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eel River is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Art
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Saline City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Cloverland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Staunton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Prairie City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Gilmour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- White Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Switz City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Oaktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Busseron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Sandborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Owen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Owen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Owen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Parke County (IN)
- West Atherton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Fairbanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Merom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farmersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Paxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Vermillion County (IN)
- Universal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Vigo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Pimento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Lewis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Toad Hop
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Liggett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Riley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Taylorville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Narrows Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Narrows Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Narrows Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Narrows Ferry.
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 Narrows Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Narrows Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- Walnut Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- York Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs - Ernest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bradbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- DeBaun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pogue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hogue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lindley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Draper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (449 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alkire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Narrows Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Narrows Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Narrows Ferry, with the one closest to Narrows Ferry listed first.
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Fairbanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- West York
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Darwin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Walnut Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Vigo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Hutsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Snyder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Hutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hutton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Merom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ernst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Narrows Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Narrows Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Narrows Ferry ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Narrows Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Narrows Ferry, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Narrows Ferry.
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 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 Narrows Ferry:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo 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> | 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 Narrows Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Narrows Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |