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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 Stonegate (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 Stonegate. 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.

Stonegate is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).

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

  • Will County     (The home county of Stonegate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Winston Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Bolingbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Colonial Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Bloomfield Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Romeoville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Goodings Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Homer Glen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Crest Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fairmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Fairmont is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
    • Plainfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Walker
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Normantown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Lemont
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Burr Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Indian Head Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
    • Countryside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Justice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Palos Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Palos Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hodgkins
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Western Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orland Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • DeKalb County
    • Sandwich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Woodridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Tedens ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Tedens is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
    • Darien
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowbrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Downers Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lisle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lisle is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <1>
    • Clarendon Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Westmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Naperville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hinsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Utopia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Utopia is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Oak Brook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lombard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Minooka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Channahon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sand Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Diamond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Claypool
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Claypool is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
    • Gaslight Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
    • Morris
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Aurora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Batavia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mooseheart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Aurora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Aurora is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
    • Geneva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Charles
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bonnie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Coleman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Campton Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Campton Hills is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
      • Campton Hills has also been known as:
      • Campton Hills village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
    • South Elgin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Wasco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Boulder Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Montgomery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Plattville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plattville is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Yorkville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Plano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Plano is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Lisbon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Millbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Little Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Little Rock is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Newark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • La Salle County
    • Millington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lake County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonegate, with the one closest to Stonegate listed first.
    • Hammond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Whiting
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Munster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Munster is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munster <1>
    • East Chicago
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Hessville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
    • Dyer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Stonegate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stonegate.

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

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

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

  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bolingbrook.
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Barber's Corner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #208243 <2>
  • St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
    • The St. Patrick Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
  • Danish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cass Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Boardman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ressurection Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (412 more) ...

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 Stonegate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stonegate.

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

  • Lemont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tedens ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tedens is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
  • Romeo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Romeo is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Lace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lace is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lace
  • Sag Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
  • Lockport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lisle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lisle is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <1>
  • Goodings Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
  • Clarendon Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Downers Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Naperville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Hinsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Normantown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Plainfield
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Stonegate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stonegate.

Newspapers Published in Stonegate ...

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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stonegate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stonegate, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stonegate.

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 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 Stonegate:

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 Stonegate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Stonegate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.