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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Market. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Market to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Market, please Contact Us.
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 New Market (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 New Market. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Market is historic, it would have been located within present day Gallatin 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 Gallatin County: Hamilton, Hardin, Saline, White, Posey (IN) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near New Market. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Market:
- Gallatin County (The home county of New Market)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Ridgway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Inman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lawler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Shawneetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Equality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Old Shawneetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Thompsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Akin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Broughton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Diamond City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- McLeansboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Bungay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saline Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lamb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Cave-In-Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rosiclare
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Herod
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Hartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Leisure City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Eddyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Texas City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Saline City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wasson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Muddy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gaskins City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Roland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Herald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Norris City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Maunie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carmi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Springerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Hartford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Hovey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Solitude
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Bufkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Caborn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Oliver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- New Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Crittenden County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Tolu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Smith Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Corydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Livingston County (KY)
- Carrsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Raleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Dekoven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Chapman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grangertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Breckinridge Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Sturgis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hitesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Blackford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackford is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackford
- West Wheatcroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheatcroft
- Wheatcroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatcroft is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Market, see our County-by-County Page for New Market.
Cemeteries Near New Market ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Market.
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 New Market - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Market covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Campground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Bradley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Callicott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McGhee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Old Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Equality Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find New Market in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Market.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Market, with the one closest to New Market listed first.
- Ridgway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lawler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Shawneetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Equality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Omaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Blackburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Kedron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kedron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Texas City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Leamington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leamington is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
- Raleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Market. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Market.
Newspapers Published in New Market ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Market.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Market, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Market.
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 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 New Market:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Gallatin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Posey County
- Crittenden County
- Henderson County
- Livingston County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 New Market, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Market) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |