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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 Trenton Corners (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 Trenton Corners. 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.

Name Variations for Trenton Corners ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Trenton Corners: Trenton Cors.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Trenton Corners is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Fulton, Henry, Mercer, Peoria, Stark & Warren.

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

  • Knox County     (The home county of Trenton Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • Dahinda
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Appleton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
    • Williamsfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gilson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Knox
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Knox is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Victoria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Maquon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Knoxville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Yates City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Galesburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • East Galesburg is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Wataga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • De Long
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • De Long is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Long
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • Farmington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • London Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Norris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brereton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Brereton is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brereton
    • Bybee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bybee is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee
    • Ellisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Canton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fiatt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Blyton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Blyton is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blyton
    • Babylon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Babylon is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • Galva
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bishop Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Woodhull
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kewanee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cambridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ophiem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ophiem is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
    • Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lynn Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall County
  • McDonough County
    • Prairie City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie City is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • North Henderson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alexis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • New Windsor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
    • Windsor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
    • Griffin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Griffin is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • Norwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Norwood is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Peoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • Elmore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Elmore is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Laura
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Elmwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brimfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Monica
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Monica is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
    • Princeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Trivoli
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwards
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanna City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunlap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • West Hallock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • West Hallock is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
    • Edelstein
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • West Jersey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • West Jersey is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
    • La Fayette
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Toulon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyoming
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Speer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Modena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Modena is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
    • Castleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Bradford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton Corners, with the one closest to Trenton Corners listed first.
    • Surrey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Surrey is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
    • Utah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Utah is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah
    • Cameron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Shanghai City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Shanghai City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai City
    • Berwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Gerlaw
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Monmouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Eleanor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Eleanor is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor

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

Cemeteries Near Trenton Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trenton Corners.

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 Trenton Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Trenton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fink Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Catterton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Harshbarger Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Truro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Myers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elba Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (307 more) ...
    • Williams Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Caldwell Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • McCallister Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Dahinda
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Appleton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Appleton is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
  • Gilson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamsfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Truro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Truro is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
  • Elmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmore is located in Peoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Knox
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Knox is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
  • Maquon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Douglas is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Victoria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Knoxville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Laura
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Yates City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • De Long
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • De Long is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Long
    • Elmwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Trenton Corners ...

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 172 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trenton Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trenton Corners, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trenton Corners.

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 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 Trenton Corners:

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 Trenton Corners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trenton Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.