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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Red Bud. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Red Bud to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Red Bud, 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 Red Bud (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 Red Bud. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Red Bud is historic, it would have been located within present day Saline 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 Saline County: Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, White & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Red Bud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Bud:
- Saline County (The home county of Red Bud)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Wasson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Muddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Texas City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ledford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Mitchellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Thompsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Akin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Parrish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Hanaford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Smothersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Deering City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- West Frankfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Frisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Steel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Equality
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lawler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Ridgway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Inman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Old Shawneetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Broughton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Walpole
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McLeansboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Diamond City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Flint
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Macedonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Bungay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Piopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Lovilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Karbers Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Lamb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Rosiclare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cave-In-Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- New Burnside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Egyptian Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Herod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Hartsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Leisure City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Eddyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Golconda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dixon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Roland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Norris City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Herald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Emma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carmi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maunie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Creal Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnston City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spillertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Whiteash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Stiritz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Lake Crest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Crest is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Hovey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Savah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crittenden County (KY)
- Tolu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Livingston County (KY)
- Carrsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Raleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Dekoven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Grangertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Chapman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sturgis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Flournoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Bud, see our County-by-County Page for Red Bud.
Cemeteries Near Red Bud ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Bud.
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 Red Bud - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Bud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dodd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd Cemetery
- The Dodd Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dodd Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105420 <3>
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lindale Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Equality Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Cemetery
- The Wolf Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wolf Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108913 <3>
- Read Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Bramlet Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Red Bud in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Bud.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Bud, with the one closest to Red Bud listed first.
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Equality
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Texas City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Somerset is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Kedron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kedron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Ridgway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leamington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leamington is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gossett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gossett is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossett
- Ledford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Mitchellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Bud. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Bud.
Newspapers Published in Red Bud ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Bud.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Bud, 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 Red Bud.
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 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 Red Bud:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Pope County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Posey County
- Crittenden County
- Livingston 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 Red Bud, 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' (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- Red Bud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |