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 Taylor (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 Taylor. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Taylor is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Morgan, Scott, Marion (MO), Pike (MO) & Ralls (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Taylor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylor:
- Pike County (The home county of Taylor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- El Dara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Rockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Barry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Pittsfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Baylis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Pike
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Beverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Plainville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fall Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Payson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kellerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Marblehead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camp Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Versailles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbirds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Hersman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Mound Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Mount Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Timewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Belleview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Cliffdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Mozier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kampsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Hillview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmington is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Walkerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Eldred
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Meredosia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Naples
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
- Bluffs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Exeter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Whiteside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whiteside is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Louisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Louisville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Marion County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Cave City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cave City is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Hannibal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Helton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helton is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Louisiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ashburn is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburn
- Population from the 2010 Census: 52 people
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calumet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Calumet is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Tarrants
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tarrants is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrants
- Population from the 2010 Census: 22 people
- Frankford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cyrene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Paynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Annada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Eolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sledd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Curryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curryville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Ralls County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Saverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- New London
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Rensselaer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylor, see our County-by-County Page for Taylor.
Cemeteries Near Taylor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor.
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 Taylor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- Taylor - Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hornback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shinn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ifner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pursley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brokaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wombles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (486 more) ...
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelrigg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Taylor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taylor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
- El Dara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hartford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
- Rockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Barry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- New Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Pittsfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Baylis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pike
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Quincy Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quincy Junction is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Junction
- Ashburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ashburn is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburn
- Population from the 2010 Census: 52 people
- Reading
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor.
Newspapers Published in Taylor ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylor, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylor.
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 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 Taylor:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Morgan County
- Scott County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Pike County
- Ralls 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 Taylor, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Taylor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |