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 Pinkstaff (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 Pinkstaff. 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 doctors and 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.
Pinkstaff is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Crawford, Richland, Wabash & Knox (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Pinkstaff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinkstaff:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Pinkstaff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Birds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Sumner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hogue Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Oil Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Villas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Hardinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Landes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oil Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Robinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Brier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- West Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Bone Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Sainte Marie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Willow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Newton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Calhoun
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Olney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gallagher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gallagher is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Noble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Passport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Passport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Orio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Allendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Patton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Davies's County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Capehart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Plainville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Hazleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Giro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Giro is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Patoka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County (IN)
- White Rose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Vincennes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bruceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oaktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Fritchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verne is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Ragsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Freelandville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Decker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Monroe City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Pike County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Oatsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Merom
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Graysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Gambill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Scott City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Dugger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Shelburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pinkstaff, see our County-by-County Page for Pinkstaff.
Cemeteries Near Pinkstaff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinkstaff.
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 Pinkstaff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinkstaff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Goines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Portee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Derr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dollahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pollard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Portee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Emmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Conover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Mickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Pinkstaff had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinkstaff, with the one closest to Pinkstaff listed first.
- Birds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Bridgeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Villas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Billett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Morea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morea is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
- Sumner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Vincennes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Emison is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emison
- Chauncey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chauncey is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pinkstaff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinkstaff.
Newspapers Published in Pinkstaff ...
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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinkstaff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinkstaff, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pinkstaff.
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 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 Pinkstaff:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Jasper County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Sullivan 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 Pinkstaff, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinkstaff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |