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 Reeds Station (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 Station. 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 Station ...
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 Station: Reeds Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Reeds Station, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reeds Station may originally have been Reed's Station.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Reeds Station might be written as Reed Station.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reeds Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reeds Station.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Reeds Station is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Union, Williamson & Perry (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Reeds Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reeds Station:
- Jackson County (The home county of Reeds Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- De Soto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hallidayboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Murphysboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vergennes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oraville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ava
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Royalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zeigler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Cambon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cambon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambon
- Mulkeytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Orient
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- West Frankfort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Buckner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deering City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Emerson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Scheller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Dareville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Waltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Deer Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eagle Point Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Goreville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Egyptian Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Buncombe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Burnside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Simpson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Du Quoin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Saint Johns
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Pyatts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Sunfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sunfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfield
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Pinckneyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tamaroa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Conant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Willisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Shiloh Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Percy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leanderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Rockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Stonefort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <2>
- Cornerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Galatia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Water Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Alto Pass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cobden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Wolf Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Dongola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Washington County
- Du Bois
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Du Bois is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Bois
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Cambria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Hurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Colp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colp is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Former name for Colp:
- Colpville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colp <2>
- Crainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Herrin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Freeman Spur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Altenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frohna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Farrar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farrar is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reeds Station, see our County-by-County Page for Reeds Station.
Cemeteries Near Reeds Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeds Station.
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 Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reeds Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- McKinney Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hinchcliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dillinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greathouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cundiff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snider Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Reeds Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reeds Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reeds Station, with the one closest to Reeds Station listed first.
- Fredonia ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Blairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Boskydell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boskydell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boskydell
- Bainbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Grange Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grange Hall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Murphysboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Makanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Plumfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reeds Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reeds Station.
Newspapers Published in Reeds Station ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reeds Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeds Station, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeds Station.
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 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 Station:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Union County
- Washington County
- Williamson County
- Perry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <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> | 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 Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reeds Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |