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 Sammons Point (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 Sammons Point. 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 Sammons Point ...
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.
Sammons Point has also been known as: Sammons Point village.
- A typical abbreviation for Sammons Point: Sammons Pt.
- While the name of this village is Sammons Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sammons Point may originally have been Sammon's Point.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sammons Point might be written as Sammon Point.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Sammons Point is located in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County: Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston, Will, Lake (IN) & Newton (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Sammons Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sammons Point:
- Kankakee County (The home county of Sammons Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Otto
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Aroma Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kankakee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Irwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Saint Anne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bradley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sun River Terrace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Bourbonnais
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint George
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Goodrich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Bonfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Herscher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Cabery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kempton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Piper City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Clarke City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- East Brooklyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- South Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Braceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Gardner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Iroquois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Chebanse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- L'Erable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- L'Erable is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
- Martinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashkum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Danforth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Donovan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Watseka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Iroquois
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Cullom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Campus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Charlotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Emington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Griswold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Chatsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dwight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saunemin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Peotone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Custer Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Wilton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Shores
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
- Symerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Wallingford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wallingford is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Beecher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braidwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Godley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Manhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Monee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Goodenow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodenow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Benton County (IN)
- Raub
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raub is located in Benton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Illinoi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Schneider
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Schneider is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Newton County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Lake Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Morocco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sumava Resorts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kentland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ayr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Roselawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thayer is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sammons Point, see our County-by-County Page for Sammons Point.
Cemeteries Near Sammons Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sammons Point.
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 Sammons Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sammons Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Barnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Mary & Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old State Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Aroma Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Anne Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne Twp. Cemetery
- The St. Anne Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Anne Cemetery
- St. Anne Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leggtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beebe Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Family Cemetery
- The Beebe Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bebe Family Cemetery
- Beebe Cemetery
- Beebee Cemetery
- Beebetown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104680 <3>
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Rice - Bebe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice - Bebe Cemetery
- The Rice - Bebe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rice - Day Family Cemetery
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kankakee Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Sammons Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sammons Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sammons Point, with the one closest to Sammons Point listed first.
- Otto
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Chebanse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Irwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Papineau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- L'Erable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- L'Erable is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
- Exline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Exline is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
- Martinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Koster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koster is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koster
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ashkum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Goodrich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sammons Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sammons Point.
Newspapers Published in Sammons Point ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sammons Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sammons Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sammons Point.
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 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 Sammons Point:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kankakee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ford County
- Grundy County
- Iroquois County
- Livingston County
- Will County
- Benton County
- Lake County
- Newton 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 Sammons Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sammons Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |