RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Illinois >> Richland County >> Stringtown >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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.

Stringtown 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 Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:

  • Richland County     (The home county of Stringtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Amity
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Amity is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Dundas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Claremont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Olney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Calhoun
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Passport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Passport is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passport
    • Wakefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Wakefield is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
    • Berryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Berryville is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
    • Noble
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkersburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Gallagher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gallagher is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
    • Wynoose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wynoose is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Hogue Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hogue Town is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
    • Oak Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Oak Point is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
    • Melrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Melrose is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • York
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • York is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Ingraham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sailor Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Camp Travis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Camp Travis is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Travis
    • Clay City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Flora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Louisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Landes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Landes is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
    • Green Brier
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Brier is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
    • Hardinville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardinville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
    • Oblong
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Oil Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oil Center is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
    • Villas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Villas is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
    • Stoy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stoy is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoy <1>
    • New Hebron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hebron is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
    • Kibbie ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Kibbie is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
    • Flat Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dogwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dogwood is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
    • Duncanville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Duncanville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
    • Oil Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Hazel Dell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
    • Walla Walla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
    • Jewett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenup
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Marion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Maple Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • West Salem
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • West Salem is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
    • Bennington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bennington is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
    • Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
    • Bone Gap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Browns
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Effingham County
    • Dieterich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • West Liberty
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • West Liberty is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
    • Sainte Marie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Willow Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Newton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunt City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hunt City is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
    • Bogota
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bogota is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
    • Falmouth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Falmouth is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
    • Yale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lis is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
    • Rose Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Wheeler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidalgo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Sumner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Helena is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Birds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lawrenceville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Billett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Billett is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
    • Russellville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Saint Francisville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Lancaster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lancaster is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Orio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Orio is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
    • Adams Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
    • Allendale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Patton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Patton is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
    • Bellmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Mount Erie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Enterprise is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Knox County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Beal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
    • Vincennes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Busseron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
    • Oaktown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sullivan County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
    • Merom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Merom is located in Sullivan County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merom <1>
    • Graysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville

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

Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.

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

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

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

  • Old St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Stoltz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoltz Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stoltz Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northeast of Olney.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108415 <3>
  • Saron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Springtown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dark Bend Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Goss Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Goss Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Olney.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105855 <3>
  • Amity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McBurg Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fritschle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Yager Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dundas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (436 more) ...
    • Bird Haven Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brinkley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Utterback Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stringtown had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Rafetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rafetown is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafetown
  • Amity
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Amity is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
  • Landes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Landes is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
  • West Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Liberty is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
  • Dundas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chauncey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chauncey is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
  • Claremont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sainte Marie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Olney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Sumner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardinville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardinville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
  • Willow Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Calhoun
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Westport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Westport is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Oblong
      (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 Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.

Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stringtown:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.