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 Newcastle (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 Newcastle. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Newcastle is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, White & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Newcastle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newcastle:
- Saline County (The home county of Newcastle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Stonefort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carrier Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <1>
- Ledford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Mitchellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Gaskins City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galatia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wasson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Raleigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Thompsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Parrish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Deering City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Smothersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- West Frankfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Akin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hanaford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Cambon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Orient
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Steel City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Zeigler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Equality
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lawler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Elba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Shawneetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Shawneetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Inman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Walpole
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Broughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Macedonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Diamond City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Rosiclare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rock Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Cave-In-Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Makanda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carbondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- New Burnside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Egyptian Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Simpson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Deer Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Goreville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grantsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wartrace
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Buncombe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reevesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Massac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Big Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- McCormick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Eddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Hartsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Lusk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Leisure City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Dixon Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Golconda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Pulaski County
- Karnak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Lick Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Water Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Norris City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Creal Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Crest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Crest is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Spillertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Johnston City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stiritz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Energy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Spur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <1>
- Crainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Crittenden County (KY)
- Tolu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Carrsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Lola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newcastle, see our County-by-County Page for Newcastle.
Cemeteries Near Newcastle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newcastle.
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 Newcastle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newcastle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Jenny Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blackman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Henshaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bolton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Joyner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bozarth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- The Spring Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springhill Cemetery
- Holmes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tanner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Simmons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (535 more) ...
- Drake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Spring Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Newcastle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newcastle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newcastle, with the one closest to Newcastle listed first.
- Carrier Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <1>
- Ledford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- McCormick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- New Burnside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Parker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parker is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Ozark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Creal Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Attila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Attila is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attila
- Crab Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crab Orchard is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Dennison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Dennison is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dennison
- Eddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Somerset is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newcastle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newcastle.
Newspapers Published in Newcastle ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newcastle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newcastle, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newcastle.
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 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 Newcastle:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Crittenden County
- Livingston 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 Newcastle, 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- Newcastle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |