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 Sand Barrens (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 Sand Barrens. 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 doctors and 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.
Sand Barrens is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Crawford, Richland, Wabash & Knox (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Sand Barrens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Barrens:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Sand Barrens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Billett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Sumner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Russellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Oil Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Villas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Landes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Heathsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Hardinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Green Brier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Duncanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Oil Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Gordon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- West Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Bone Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Browns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Red Top
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Albion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bennington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Ellery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Sainte Marie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Berryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Olney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gallagher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gallagher is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Dundas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wynoose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wynoose is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
- Noble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Allendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Orio
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Patton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bellmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Keensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- Mount Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White County
- Grayville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davies's County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Capehart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Hazleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Giro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Giro is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Patoka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Owensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Fort Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mounts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Dongola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haubstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Beal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Decker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Vincennes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Verne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verne is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Willis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Bruceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Busseron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Ragsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Oaktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Glezen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Alford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Oakland City Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland City Junction is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland City Junction
- Algiers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Algiers is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Cynthiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Stewartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Poseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Sullivan County (IN)
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warrick County (IN)
- Wheatonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Barrens, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Barrens.
Cemeteries Near Sand Barrens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Barrens.
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 Sand Barrens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Barrens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beal Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Beal (IN)
- The Beal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Compagniotte Cemetery
- St. Rose Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86788 <2>
- Collins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Craig Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oreo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Billett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Billett Cemetery is located in Billett.
- The Billett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Billett - Gottfried Cemetery
- Gottfried Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1312081 <2>
- Denison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Sand Barrens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Barrens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Barrens, with the one closest to Sand Barrens listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Allendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Billett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Patton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purcell is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Lawrenceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Decker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Vincennes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Iona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Iona is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Sumner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Barrens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Barrens.
Newspapers Published in Sand Barrens ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Barrens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Barrens, 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 Sand Barrens.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sand Barrens:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Jasper County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Sullivan County
- Warrick 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 Sand Barrens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Sand Barrens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |