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 Pine Needle (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 Pine Needle. 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.
Pine Needle is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Pine Needle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Needle:
- Will County (The home county of Pine Needle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Ingalls Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ingalls Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
- East Joliet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Fairmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lenox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joliet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brisbane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Crest Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Homer Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Preston Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Heights is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Lemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orland Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tinley Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palos Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Matteson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Country Club Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burr Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palos Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Darien
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clarendon Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Naperville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Downers Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Channahon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minooka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Diamond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Coal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Gaslight Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Braceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Mooseheart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Manteno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bourbonnais
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Essex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bonfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bradley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Grant Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Limestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Goodrich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Kankakee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Plattville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Boulder Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Oswego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Plano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- La Salle County
- Millington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Dyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Munster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Hessville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Chicago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schererville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Griffith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Elliott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Needle, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Needle.
Cemeteries Near Pine Needle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Needle.
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 Pine Needle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Needle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- Mound Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mound Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Joliet.
- The Mound Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rudd Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2339538 <2>
- St. Cyrils Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Joliet.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #261051 <2>
- St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Joliet.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107054 <2>
- Elmhurst Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmhurst Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Joliet.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105558 <2>
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnett Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Lockport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104636 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Joliet.
- The St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Russian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107802 <2>
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Hadley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lockport South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
- The Lockport South Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lockport Catholic Cemetery
- St. Dennis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289328 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Pine Needle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Needle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Needle, with the one closest to Pine Needle listed first.
- East Joliet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Joliet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Steele
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Steele is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
- New Lenox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Spencer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Marley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Mokena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Romeo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Romeo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Goodings Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coynes is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coynes
- Manhattan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Needle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Needle.
Newspapers Published in Pine Needle ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Needle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Needle, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Needle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Pine Needle:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Lake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pine Needle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pine Needle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |