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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 Newmansville (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 Newmansville. 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 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.

Newmansville is located in Cass County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Brown, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon & Schuyler.

Below are the counties that are near Newmansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newmansville:

  • Cass County     (The home county of Newmansville)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.
    • Marbletown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Astoria
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Astoria is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <2>
    • Summum
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sepo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sepo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
      • Sepo is located in Fulton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sepo
      • From Newmansville to Sepo
    • Liverpool
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liverpool have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
      • Liverpool is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liverpool <2>
    • Lewistown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
      • Lewistown is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,096 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <2>
    • Ipava
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ipava have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipava
      • Ipava is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ipava <2>
    • Vermont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.
    • Middletown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <2>
    • New Holland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
      • New Holland is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <2>
    • Elkhart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Broadwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
      • Broadwell is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
  • Mason County
  • Menard County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.
    • Prentice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Literberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Alexander
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Arnold
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arnold. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
      • Arnold is located in Morgan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arnold
      • From Newmansville to Arnold
    • Jacksonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Concord
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Concord is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <2>
    • Pisgah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pisgah. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
      • Pisgah is located in Morgan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pisgah
      • From Newmansville to Pisgah
    • South Jacksonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
      • South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
    • Franklin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
    • Chapin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Chapin is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <2>
    • Morgan City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sangamon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.
    • Pleasant Plains
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Plains <2>
    • Salisbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Berlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Berlin is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Cantrall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantrall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantrall
      • Cantrall is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cantrall <2>
    • Pasfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pasfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasfield
      • Pasfield is located in Sangamon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pasfield
      • From Newmansville to Pasfield
    • New Berlin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
      • New Berlin is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Berlin <2>
    • Curran
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curran have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
      • Curran is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Sherman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Leland Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leland Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland Grove
      • Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Ridgely
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ridgely. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
      • Ridgely is located in Sangamon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ridgely
      • From Newmansville to Ridgely
    • Grandview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Grandview is located in Sangamon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
    • Hawthorne Place
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Schuyler County
  • Tazewell County
    • Winkel ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winkel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkel
      • Winkel is located in Tazewell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Winkel
      • From Newmansville to Winkel

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newmansville, see our County-by-County Page for Newmansville.

Cemeteries Near Newmansville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newmansville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newmansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.

  • Newmansville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newmansville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newmansville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Witty Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Witty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Witty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pontiac Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pontiac Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pontiac Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Shepherd Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Shepherd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Shepherd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Willson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smedly Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smedly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smedly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dunschen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunschen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunschen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hickey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hash Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hash Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garner Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (402 more) ...
    • McDonald Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonald Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDonald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Centenary Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • White Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Newmansville had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Newmansville, with the one closest to Newmansville listed first.

  • Sylvan ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sylvan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Sylvan is located in Cass County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sylvan
    • From Newmansville to Sylvan
  • Tallula
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hill Top
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
    • Hill Top is located in Menard County
  • Atterberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atterberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterberry
    • Atterberry is located in Menard County
  • Anderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson is located in Cass County
  • Philadelphia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gurney ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gurney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
    • Gurney is located in Cass County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gurney
    • From Newmansville to Gurney
  • Ashland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Oakford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Chandlerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Petersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Burlingame
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Saidora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saidora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saidora
      • Saidora is located in Mason County
    • Jordanville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordanville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
      • Jordanville is located in Morgan County
    • Prentice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newmansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newmansville.

Newspapers Published in Newmansville ...

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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newmansville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newmansville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newmansville.

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 Newmansville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newmansville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Newmansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newmansville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newmansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0034, Longitude: -90.0131    









 

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