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 Star City (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 Star City. 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.
Star City is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Greene, Jersey, Pike, Lincoln (MO), Pike (MO) & Saint Charles (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Star City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Star City:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Star City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Gilead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Michael
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Batchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kampsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mozier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brussels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cliffdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Belleview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Deer Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- East Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Eldred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Kane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Hillview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Wilmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilmington is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- White Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Spankey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Nutwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Otterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Grafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jerseyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McClusky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Chautauqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elsah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Medora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Piasa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Summerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Challacombe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Miles Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Melville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Godfrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Bee Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Straut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Straut is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Nebo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pearl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Time
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Time is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Pike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Atlas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Scott County
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Elsberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cap au Gris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Argentville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Old Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain N' Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Chain-of-Rocks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Moscow Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Annada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Sledd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Eolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Cyrene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Louisiana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ashley is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Flint Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Josephville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- O'Fallon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <1>
- Portage Des Sioux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Lake Saint Louis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Peters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wentzville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- All Saints Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Saint Charles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cottleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Earth City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
- Champ
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Hazelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vigus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vigus is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus
- Maryland Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
- Florissant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Warren County (MO)
- Wright City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Star City, see our County-by-County Page for Star City.
Cemeteries Near Star City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Star City.
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 Star City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Star City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Dixon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plummer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Star Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vance - Seaman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonebraker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Palmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gresham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Gunterman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elsberry 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.<2>
While we didn't find Star City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Star City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Star City, with the one closest to Star City listed first.
- Gilead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Hardin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Elsberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Batchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spankey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Dameron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dameron is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Rosedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Fieldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Argentville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meppen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meppen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Star City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Star City.
Newspapers Published in Star City ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Star City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Star City, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Star City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Star City:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Lincoln County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis County
- Warren 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> | 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 Star City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Star City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |