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 Sleepy Hollow (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 Sleepy Hollow. 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 Sleepy Hollow ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sleepy Hollow: Sleepy Holw. (or less commonly used: Sleepy Hlw. or Sleepy Hllw.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sleepy Hollow. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sleepy Hollow.
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 southwest 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 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.
Sleepy Hollow is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Sleepy Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sleepy Hollow:
- Kane County (The home county of Sleepy Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Carpentersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilberts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- South Elgin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Pingree Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Bowes Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Plato Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- North Plato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Plato is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Belvidere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Hoffman Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Streamwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schaumburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Capri Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Fairfax Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Palatine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rolling Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- New Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Cortland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- De Kalb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clare
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hinckley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Keeneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Cloverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Roselle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Chicago
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Bloomingdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carol Stream
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medinah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Itasca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Montgomery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oswego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Little Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Lake Barrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Deer Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Port Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Tower Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lake Zurich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wauconda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Kildeer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Hawthorn Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Algonquin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Huntley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Barreville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Ridgefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Prairie Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Terra Cotta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Winston Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bolingbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Normantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Bloomfield Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Benet Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Twin Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Genoa City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Zenda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sleepy Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Sleepy Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Sleepy Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sleepy Hollow.
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 Sleepy Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sleepy Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- River Valley Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Twp. Cemetery West
- The Dundee Twp. Cemetery West has also been known as:
- Dundee Twp. West Cemetery
- Dundee Twp. Cemetery East
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Udina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Udina Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981683 <2>
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin State Hospital Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
- The Bluff City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff City Boulevard Cemetery
- Elgin City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163487 <2>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107039 <2>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Algonquin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Plato Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Sleepy Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sleepy Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sleepy Hollow, with the one closest to Sleepy Hollow listed first.
- Almora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Almora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
- Carpentersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilberts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McQueen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McQueen is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
- Udina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Udina is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
- Freeman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Algonquin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Elgin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clintonville is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Pingree Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plato Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Youngsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Youngsdale is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsdale
- Coleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Spaulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spaulding is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sleepy Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sleepy Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Sleepy Hollow ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sleepy Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sleepy Hollow, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sleepy Hollow.
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 Sleepy Hollow:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kendall County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Kenosha County
- Walworth 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sleepy Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sleepy Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |