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 Nevada (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 Nevada. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Nevada is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle, McLean & Woodford.
Below are the counties that are near Nevada. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nevada:
- Livingston County (The home county of Nevada)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Sunbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Adams ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Budd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dwight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Missal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Missal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Cayuga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Cornell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swygert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Swygert is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Emington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Cabery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kempton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Piper City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Kinsman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Highland Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mazon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wauponsee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wauponsee is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauponsee
- Gardner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Wilmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Clarke City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- East Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Braceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Central City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Carbon Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Reddick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buckingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Herscher
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Goodrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Bonfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Kendall County
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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 Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Ransom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kernan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Marseilles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Streator
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Seneca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <1>
- Grand Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kangley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kangley is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Stavanger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stavanger is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stavanger
- Hitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hitt is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
- South Ottawa ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Ottawa is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ottawa
- Dana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Leonore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Wenona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Evans is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Toluca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Chenoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Gridley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Godley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Braidwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Custer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Lakewood Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Blodgett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Symerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Minonk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nevada, see our County-by-County Page for Nevada.
Cemeteries Near Nevada ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nevada.
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 Nevada - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nevada covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Nevada Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McDowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Odell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108635 <3>
- East Side Cemetery of Odell Township
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Odell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dwight Old Town Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hadley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackstone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nevada had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Sunbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Adams ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Budd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dwight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ransom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinsman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Missal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Missal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Cayuga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Kernan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Manville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Cornell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smithdale is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nevada. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nevada.
Newspapers Published in Nevada ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nevada.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nevada, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nevada.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Nevada:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ford County
- Grundy County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Marshall County
- McLean County
- Will County
- Woodford 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Nevada) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Nevada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |