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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 Piopolis (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 Piopolis. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Piopolis is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Franklin, Gallatin, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne, White & Williamson.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Piopolis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Belle Prairie City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Jefferson City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • Diamond City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • McLeansboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dahlgren
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lovilla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bungay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Flint
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Macedonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Walpole
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Broughton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Ellery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin County
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Omaha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Belle Rive
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bluford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Markham City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Markham City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham City
    • Opdyke
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Marlow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pigeon ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Pigeon is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
    • Bonnie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Summersville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Vernon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shields
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shields is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
    • Nason
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Nason is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nason <1>
    • Dareville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Hickory Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
    • Union Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Town
    • Kell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saline County
  • Wayne County
  • White County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Piopolis, with the one closest to Piopolis listed first.
    • Hartford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hartford is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Corinth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Corinth is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth

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

Cemeteries Near Piopolis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piopolis.

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 Piopolis - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Piopolis had a population of 85 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Delafield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Delafield is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delafield
  • McLeansboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mayberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mayberry is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
  • Dahlgren
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Thackeray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Thackeray is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackeray
  • Flint
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoodville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hoodville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodville
  • Logansport ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Logansport is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
  • Belle Rive
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Macedonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Keenes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Springerton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wayne City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mill Shoals
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sims
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Piopolis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piopolis.

Newspapers Published in Piopolis ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piopolis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piopolis, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piopolis.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Piopolis:

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 Piopolis, 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 from Point A (ie- Piopolis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.