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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Reeds Crossing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Reeds Crossing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Reeds Crossing, 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 Reeds Crossing (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 Reeds Crossing. 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.
Name Variations for Reeds Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Reeds Crossing: Reeds Xing.
- While the name of this community is Reeds Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Reeds Crossing may originally have been Reed's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Reeds Crossing might be written as Reed Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reeds Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reeds Crossing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 Reeds Crossing is historic, it would have been located within present day Boone 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 Boone County: DeKalb, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago, Rock (WI) & Walworth (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Reeds Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reeds Crossing:
- Boone County (The home county of Reeds Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Herbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Irene
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Timberlane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Poplar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Capron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cook County
- Barrington Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Genoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Clare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charter Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- New Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Esmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- De Kalb
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Malta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Hampshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Plato
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Starks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Pingree Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Freeman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Virgil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plato Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilberts
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bowes Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- West Dundee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lily Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Lake County
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Steward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harvard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Alden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Foot Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Crystal Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bull Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Greenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Algonquin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ogle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Monroe Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holcomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stillman Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
- Rochelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flagg Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flagg Center is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Center
- Chana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flagg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flagg is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
- Honey Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Honey Creek is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Park is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park
- Argyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Loves Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Millford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Millford is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Millford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Machesney Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Rockford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sturbridge Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Roscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Beloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wempletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wempletown is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wempletown
- Rock County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Beloit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
- Shopiere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shopiere is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopiere
- Tiffany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tiffany is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Garden Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Avalon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Big Foot Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Walworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Allens Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Zenda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Delavan Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
- Darien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Williams Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Delavan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delavan is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
- Lake Como
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reeds Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Reeds Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Reeds Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeds Crossing.
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 Reeds Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reeds Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Shattucks Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bloods Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Charter Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Garden of Memories
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andrus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Ney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
Reeds Crossing itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reeds Crossing, with the one closest to Reeds Crossing listed first.
- Herbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Colvin Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Colvin Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvin Park
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Garden Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Perryville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Poplar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Monroe Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charter Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reeds Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reeds Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Reeds Crossing ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reeds Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeds Crossing, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeds Crossing.
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 websites either 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 Reeds Crossing:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- McHenry County
- Ogle County
- Winnebago County
- Rock County
- Walworth 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 Reeds Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reeds Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |