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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 Schnell (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 Schnell. 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 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.

Schnell is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Jasper, Lawrence, Wabash & Wayne.

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

  • Richland County     (The home county of Schnell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Wynoose
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wynoose is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
    • Gallagher
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Gallagher is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
    • Noble
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Parkersburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Passport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Passport is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
    • Calhoun
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Olney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Olney is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <1>
    • Wakefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Wakefield is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
    • Claremont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Dundas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Berryville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Berryville is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
    • Amity
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Amity is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Camp Travis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Camp Travis is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Travis
    • Clay City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sailor Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ingraham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Louisville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Kenner is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
    • Xenia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Iola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Landes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Landes is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
    • Green Brier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Brier is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
    • Hardinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardinville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Bennington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennington is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
    • Marion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Maple Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • West Salem
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Salem is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
    • Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
    • Bone Gap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Albion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Top
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Top is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
    • Browns
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Effingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Edgewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mason
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mason is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
    • Dieterich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Fayette County
    • La Clede
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • La Clede is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Clede
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • West Liberty
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • West Liberty is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
    • Bogota
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Bogota is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
    • Sainte Marie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Newton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Lis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lis is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
    • Willow Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheeler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Falmouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Falmouth is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
  • Jefferson County
    • Shields
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Shields is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Helena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Helena is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Sumner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Petersburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bridgeport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lawrenceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Hickory Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
    • Union Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Union Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Town
    • Iuka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Omega
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Omega is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Lancaster
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lancaster is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Orio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Orio is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
    • Bellmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
    • Patton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Patton is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
    • Keensburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Allendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Mount Carmel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Mount Erie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Enterprise
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Enterprise is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Rinard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cisne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Geff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeffersonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
    • Johnsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Golden Gate
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Boyleston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyleston is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
    • Sims
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnhill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wayne City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schnell, with the one closest to Schnell listed first.
    • Burnt Prairie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mill Shoals
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Grayville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Schnell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schnell.

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

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

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

  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Decker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gallagher Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hanna Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Village of Noble Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Noble Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (442 more) ...
    • Travis Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Zif Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Moutray Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<3>

While we didn't find Schnell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schnell.

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

  • Wynoose
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wynoose is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
  • Gallagher
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gallagher is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
  • Noble
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Clay City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Erie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Maple Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Parkersburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sailor Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Passport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Passport is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
  • Calhoun
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Olney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Olney is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <1>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Rinard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Flora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cisne
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Schnell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schnell.

Newspapers Published in Schnell ...

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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schnell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schnell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Schnell.

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 Schnell:

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 Schnell, 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' (or 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- Schnell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.