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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rectorville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rectorville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rectorville, please Contact Us.
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 Rectorville (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 Rectorville. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rectorville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Rectorville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rectorville:
- Hamilton County (The home county of Rectorville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Broughton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walpole
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Walpole is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- McLeansboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Diamond City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond City is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Flint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City was located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Macedonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bungay
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bungay is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Piopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Piopolis is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Lovilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lovilla is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Belle Prairie City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Prairie City is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Akin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fitt's Hill was located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Parrish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Hanaford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Smothersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Frisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Taylor Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
- Deering City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Steel City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Ewing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Omaha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ridgway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Equality
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Inman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- New Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlesville was located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Old Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Belle Rive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <2>
- Opdyke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- New Burnside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Herod
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Hartsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- McCormick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Eddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leisure City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Texas City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Saline City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Long Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Cornerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Red Bud was located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Galatia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Muddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Gaskins City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Barnhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boyleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boyleston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Keenes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sims
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Norris City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Stokes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Enfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Herald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Emma
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Springerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carmi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maunie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mill Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burnt Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Johnston City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spillertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Stiritz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Whiteash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Creal Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Spur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <2>
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Herrin Junction was located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Savah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Hovey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Raleigh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rectorville, see our County-by-County Page for Rectorville.
Cemeteries Near Rectorville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rectorville.
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 Rectorville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rectorville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Gholson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Douglass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Cemetery
- The Douglass Cemetery has also been known as:
- Douglas Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966139 <3>
- Lantham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Barker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gaines Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keasler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rhine Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barton Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Digby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Rectorville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rectorville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rectorville, with the one closest to Rectorville listed first.
- Broughton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Texas City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Gossett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gossett is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossett
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walpole
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Walpole is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Long Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Omaha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Norris City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Olga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Olga is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Elba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hoodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoodville is also located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodville
- Galatia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rectorville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rectorville.
Newspapers Published in Rectorville ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rectorville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rectorville, 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 Rectorville.
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 Rectorville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Hamilton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hardin County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Pope County
- Saline County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Posey County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rectorville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rectorville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |