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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 Schaumburg (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 Schaumburg. 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 northwest 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 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.

Schaumburg is primarily located in Cook County. A portion of Schaumburg extends into DuPage 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).

Below are the counties that are near Schaumburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schaumburg:

  • Cook County     (The home county of Schaumburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Hoffman Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanover Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Grove Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fairfax Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Plum Grove Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Rolling Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Winthrop Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Streamwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Inverness
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • South Barrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • Arlington Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Palatine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Prospect
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • New Lebanon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
    • Charter Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
    • Sycamore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Roselle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Medinah
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Itasca
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Keeneyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
    • Bloomingdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cloverdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Wood Dale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartlett
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Addison
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Carol Stream
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Glendale Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bensenville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • East Dundee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elgin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Coleman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Carpentersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • South Elgin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Saint Charles
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • West Dundee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilberts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bonnie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Freeman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Freeman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Batavia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Boulder Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Montgomery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kildeer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Zurich
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Forest Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Forest Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
    • Long Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • North Barrington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • North Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
    • Aptakisic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Aptakisic is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
    • Lake Barrington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
    • Prairie View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Prairie View is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
    • Riverwoods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Gilmer is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
    • Hawthorn Woods
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Fox River Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Algonquin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Trout Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Cary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Lake-in-the-Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakwood Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
    • Island Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Crystal Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
    • Barreville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Barreville is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
    • Prairie Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
    • Huntley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.
    • Winston Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Bolingbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Colonial Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Bloomfield Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Romeoville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Normantown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Goodings Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Plainfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Walker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Homer Glen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
    • Lockport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Schaumburg, see our County-by-County Page for Schaumburg.

Cemeteries Near Schaumburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schaumburg.

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 Schaumburg - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schaumburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.

  • Greve Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Freinenigreit Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Circle of Life Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ontarioville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Ontarioville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomingdale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • German Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (378 more) ...
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bartlett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Schaumburg had a population of 575 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Schaumburg had a population of 72,049 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Schaumburg, with the one closest to Schaumburg listed first.

  • Roselle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ontarioville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ontarioville is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontarioville
  • Itasca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Grove Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bloomingdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bartlett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Arlington Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Palatine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spaulding
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Spaulding is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
  • Addison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Prospect
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Clintonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Clintonville is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • Wayne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schaumburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schaumburg.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Schaumburg ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schaumburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Schaumburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Schaumburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Schaumburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of Schaumburg.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Schaumburg:

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>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 Schaumburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Schaumburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.