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 Richwoods (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 Richwoods. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Richwoods is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Clark, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Knox (IN) & Sullivan (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Richwoods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richwoods:
- Crawford County (The home county of Richwoods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Oil Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Trimble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- New Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hutsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Villas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Oil Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Snyder
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Hogue Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Oak Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Sainte Marie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Yale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Amity
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Allendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Orio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Davies's County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Capehart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Elnora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Graham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- White Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Gilmour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Hoosier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Island City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Jasonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Switz City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Newberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Oaktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bruceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bicknell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vincennes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Ragsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Sandborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Fritchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Verne is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Merom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Scott City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Gambill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shelburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Prairie Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Pimento
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Lewis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Prairieton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richwoods, see our County-by-County Page for Richwoods.
Cemeteries Near Richwoods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richwoods.
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 Richwoods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richwoods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Lackey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bartmess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Milam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maddox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (373 more) ...
- Palestine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morea 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Richwoods had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richwoods, with the one closest to Richwoods listed first.
- Morea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morea is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
- Heathsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Merom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Duncanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Oaktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Birds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richwoods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richwoods.
Newspapers Published in Richwoods ...
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 Richwoods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richwoods, 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 Richwoods.
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 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 Richwoods:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Richwoods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Richwoods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |