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 Native Prairie (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 Native Prairie. 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 Native Prairie ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Native Prairie: Native Pr.
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.
Native Prairie is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Native Prairie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Native Prairie:
- Kane County (The home county of Native Prairie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Elburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bonnie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Campton Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Lily Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Kaneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mooseheart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Bowes Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Herbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Garden Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Hanover Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Streamwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffman Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Schaumburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Inverness
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Plum Grove Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Rolling Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Hinckley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Charter Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- De Kalb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Franks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Elva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sandwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waterman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- West Chicago
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Eola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carol Stream
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Wheaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Naperville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Bloomingdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grundy County
- Minooka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Little Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Oswego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Plano
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Millbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plattville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Millington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Deer Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Zurich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Port Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Tower Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Kildeer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Wauconda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorn Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Lee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Paw Paw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Steward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Huntley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Algonquin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fox River Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Ridgefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Barreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Ogle County
- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Normantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Plainfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Bloomfield Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Romeoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lawns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Summerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Shorewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crest Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Native Prairie, see our County-by-County Page for Native Prairie.
Cemeteries Near Native Prairie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Native Prairie.
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 Native Prairie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Native Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Garfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Gall Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blackberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lance Souders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lance Souders Cemetery
- The Lance Souders Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lance - Sounders Family Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hampshire Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kaneville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lily Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Batavia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- East Batavia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- State Training School For Girls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Native Prairie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Native Prairie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Native Prairie, with the one closest to Native Prairie listed first.
- Bald Mound
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Mound is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Mound
- Elburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kaneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lily Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Youngsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsdale is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsdale
- Maple Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coleman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Plato Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Native Prairie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Native Prairie.
Newspapers Published in Native Prairie ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Native Prairie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Native Prairie, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Native Prairie.
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 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 Native Prairie:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- McHenry County
- Ogle County
- Will 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 Native Prairie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Native Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |