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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 Thackeray (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 Thackeray. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Thackeray is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Franklin, Gallatin, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne, White & Williamson.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Thackeray)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Jefferson City ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • Bungay
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bungay is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
    • McLeansboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Piopolis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
    • Dale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Belle Prairie City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Flint
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Flint is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Lovilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
    • Broughton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dahlgren
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Walpole
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Walpole is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
    • Macedonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Ellery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Top
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Top is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Frisco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Frisco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Akin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Taylor Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
    • Thompsonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ewing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hanaford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hanaford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
    • Parrish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Parrish is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • Smothersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Smothersville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
    • Steel City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Steel City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
    • Whittington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
    • Benton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Deering City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Deering City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Omaha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Elba is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • New Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Inman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Inman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Ridgway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Equality
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lawler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lawler is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
    • Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Belle Rive
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Markham City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Markham City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham City
    • Opdyke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marlow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Marlow is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Ina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Ina is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <1>
    • Pigeon ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pigeon is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
    • Bonnie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Summersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Summersville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
    • Mount Vernon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shields
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shields is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
    • Dareville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Dareville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
    • Nason
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Nason is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nason <1>
  • Marion County
    • Hickory Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Long Branch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Long Branch is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Texas City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Texas City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
    • Cornerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornerville is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
    • Raleigh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Saline City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Saline City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
    • Eldorado
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Galatia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bud ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Red Bud is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
    • Wasson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Wasson is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
    • Muddy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cottage Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
    • Harrisburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Buena Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Buena Vista is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Barnhill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Boyleston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Boyleston is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
    • Sims
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wayne City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Keenes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Gate
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Geff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jeffersonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
    • Cisne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Enterprise
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Enterprise is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Johnsonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Erie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Enfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Springerton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mill Shoals
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Norris City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stokes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stokes is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
    • Burnt Prairie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Carmi
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Roland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Roland is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Herald
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Emma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Crossville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Maunie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Phillipstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Phillipstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Hartford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartford is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Corinth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Corinth is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Posey County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thackeray, with the one closest to Thackeray listed first.
    • Savah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
    • New Harmony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Griffin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Solitude
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude

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

Cemeteries Near Thackeray ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thackeray.

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

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

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

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Arterberry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old Brush Harbor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Prince Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Munsell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Springer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hutson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • McLntosh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crisel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (417 more) ...
    • Webb Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Union Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Enfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Thackeray had a population of 166 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Logansport ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Logansport is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
  • McLeansboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoodville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoodville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodville
  • Enfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Springerton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piopolis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
  • Dale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sacramento
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacramento is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
  • Delafield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Delafield is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delafield
  • Flint
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Flint is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Mill Shoals
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Olga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olga is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Norris City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
    • Braden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Braden is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thackeray. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thackeray.

Newspapers Published in Thackeray ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thackeray.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thackeray, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thackeray.

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 Thackeray:

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