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 Reardon (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 Reardon. 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 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 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.
Reardon is located in Jersey 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 Jersey County: Calhoun, Greene, Macoupin, Madison & Saint Charles (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Reardon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reardon:
- Jersey County (The home county of Reardon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Nutwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spankey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Otterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Grafton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerseyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McClusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Chautauqua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elsah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Star City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Batchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Michael
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brussels
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kampsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Mozier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Eagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cliffdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- East Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Eldred
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Kane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Belltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Rockbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillview
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wrights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Brighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Medora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Piasa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Challacombe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Miles Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Chesterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shipman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hagaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagaman is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagaman
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Melville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Godfrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Cottage Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Rosewood Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Bee Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Pearl
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Straut
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Nebo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Scott County
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Cap au Gris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Foley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elsberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Argentville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Old Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Fountain N' Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Chain-of-Rocks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Moscow Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Briscoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Annada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Sledd
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Calumet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Cyrene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Portage Des Sioux
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Gardnerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- O'Fallon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <1>
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Peters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Josephville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Flint Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- All Saints Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harvester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Saint Louis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Earth City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
- Champ
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Champ is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Vigus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vigus is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus
- Florissant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Hazelwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
- Black Jack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Saint Ann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berkeley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
- Calverton Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Edmundson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edmundson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmundson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reardon, see our County-by-County Page for Reardon.
Cemeteries Near Reardon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reardon.
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 Reardon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reardon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Gunterman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Reddish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plummer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heitzig Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rusk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hetzel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Busch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reddish - Dunham Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Houseman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Reardon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reardon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reardon, with the one closest to Reardon listed first.
- Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Spankey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Batchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meppen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meppen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen
- Apex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Foley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beechville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beechville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechville
- Otterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brussels
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Eldred
(11 miles [17.7 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 Reardon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reardon.
Newspapers Published in Reardon ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reardon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reardon, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reardon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Reardon:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jersey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Lincoln County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- 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> | 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 Reardon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Reardon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |