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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 Oldenburg (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 Oldenburg. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Oldenburg is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Clair, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Oldenburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oldenburg:
- Madison County (The home county of Oldenburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Roxana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Poag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Roxana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wood River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nameoki
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- East Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Pontoon Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosewood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Pierron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Pocahontas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Deer Plain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brussels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Baden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aviston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- Greene County
- Kane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Elsah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Chautauqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Fidelity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jerseyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Bunker Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Piasa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shipman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Staunton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Dorchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benld
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Sawyerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Fairmont City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- National City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Saint Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Bunkum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- French Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Alorton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sauget
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centreville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Fairview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cahokia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Arnold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <1>
- Flamm City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Maxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Murphy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- West Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harvester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Baden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cheltenham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- University City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Glasgow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Spanish Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
- Moline Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
- Black Jack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Castle Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Dellwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
- Country Club Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Flordell Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Calverton Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Calverton Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oldenburg, see our County-by-County Page for Oldenburg.
Cemeteries Near Oldenburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oldenburg.
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 Oldenburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oldenburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John United Church of Christ Cemetery
- St. John United Church of Christ Old Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107901 <2>
- St. Johns UCC Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emmert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Virgin Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (477 more) ...
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Springley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Oldenburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oldenburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oldenburg, with the one closest to Oldenburg listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Poag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Nameoki
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Wanda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Stallings
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stallings is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings
- Spanish Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bethalto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(9 miles [14.5 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 Oldenburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oldenburg.
Newspapers Published in Oldenburg ...
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 Oldenburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oldenburg, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oldenburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oldenburg:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bond County
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis 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 Oldenburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oldenburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |