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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stewardsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stewardsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stewardsville, please Contact Us.
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 Stewardsville (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 Stewardsville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stewardsville is historic, it would have been located within present day McDonough 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 McDonough County: Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Schuyler & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Stewardsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stewardsville:
- McDonough County (The home county of Stewardsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Industry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Doddsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Adair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Village is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- University Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- University Village is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Bardolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Macomb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Philadelphia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Colchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lamone Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lamone Village is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamone Village
- Tennessee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colmar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colmar is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmar
- Bushnell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- La Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blacks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Cooperstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Mount Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Timewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hersman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Gilbirds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Versailles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Beardstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Bluff Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hagener
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
- Chandlerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jules
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Vermont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Table Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ipava
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Astoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Summum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summum is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marbletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Checkrow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Checkrow is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkrow
- Lewistown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Babylon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Babylon is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon
- Blyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blyton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blyton
- Cuba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Joetta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joetta is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joetta
- Augusta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fountain Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Green is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Bowen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- La Harpe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Harpe is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Harpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,123 people
- Bentley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bentley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Carthage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Henderson County
- Raritan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raritan is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raritan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Knox County
- Saint Augustine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Snicarte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snicarte
- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Havana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Long Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Rushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bader
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bader is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Browning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frederick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Youngstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stewardsville, see our County-by-County Page for Stewardsville.
Cemeteries Near Stewardsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewardsville.
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 Stewardsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stewardsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Standard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vance Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wilhelm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vail Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Claybough Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chockley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chockley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chockley Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Vermont.
- Industry City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Doddsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Stewardsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stewardsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stewardsville, with the one closest to Stewardsville listed first.
- Industry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Doddsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pennington Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington Point is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Point
- Ray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Vermont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Table Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fandon is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fandon
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Macomb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bardolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stewardsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stewardsville.
Newspapers Published in Stewardsville ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewardsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewardsville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stewardsville.
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 helpful 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 Stewardsville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to McDonough County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Knox County
- Mason County
- Schuyler County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stewardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stewardsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |