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 Pierron (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 Pierron. 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 and doctors 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.
Pierron is primarily located in Bond County. A portion of Pierron extends into 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 Bond County: Clinton, Fayette, Madison & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Pierron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pierron:
- Bond County (The home county of Pierron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Pocahontas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reno is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Sorento
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smithboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mound
- Mulberry Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Saint Rose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- Aviston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Breese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marydale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marydale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
- Beckemeyer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Germantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carlyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keyesport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Baden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bartelso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Hagarstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shobonier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vandalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Staunton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Lake Ka-ho
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Ka-ho is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ka-ho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Lake Ka-ho has also been known as:
- Lake Ka-Ho village
- Sawyerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Benld
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eagarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clare
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Bunker Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- East Gillespie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Gillespie is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gillespie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Sebastopol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sebastopol is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grantfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantfork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Saint Jacob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alhambra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Douglas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fruit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Hamel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Livingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Fairman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fairman is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
- Patoka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sandoval
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Donnellson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Panama
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Walshville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coffeen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Schram City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Schram City is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schram City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Chapman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Litchfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Summerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- O'Fallon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mascoutah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caseyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swansea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bunkum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Belleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Okawville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Venedy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Venedy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- New Minden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Minden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Minden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Addieville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hoyleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Church
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Wamac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wamac is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pierron, see our County-by-County Page for Pierron.
Cemeteries Near Pierron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pierron.
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 Pierron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pierron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hug Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rietmann Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Highland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106146 <2>
- Jamestown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugg #1 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grantfork UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- St. Gertrude Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gullick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Rose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Rose Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Saint Rose.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #540915 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pierron had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pierron had a population of 535 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pierron, with the one closest to Pierron listed first.
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastopol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sebastopol is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
- Pocahontas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Grantfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantfork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Saint Rose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- Stubblefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stubblefield is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
- Old Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Saint Jacob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Morgan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Morgan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Morgan
- Marine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aviston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dudleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dudleyville is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Alhambra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breese
(11 miles [17.7 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 Pierron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pierron.
Newspapers Published in Pierron ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pierron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pierron, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pierron.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pierron:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Bond County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Montgomery County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington 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 Pierron, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pierron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |