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 Vermilion City (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 Vermilion City. 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 Vermilion City ...
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.
Another variation: Vermillion City.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Vermilion City is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle, McLean & Woodford.
Below are the counties that are near Vermilion City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vermilion City:
- Livingston County (The home county of Vermilion City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Coalville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Munster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Munster is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Missal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Missal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Ancona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Budd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Adams ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Sunbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Flanagan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graymont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Bureau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Spring Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dalzell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- De Pue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
- Ladd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ottville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ottville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottville
- Seatonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bureau Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <1>
- Cherry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollowayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Kinsman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Highland Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wauponsee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wauponsee is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauponsee
- Mazon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nettle Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nettle Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Creek
- Claypool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gaslight Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Morris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Wilmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Braceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Kankakee County
- Reddick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Streator
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kangley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kangley is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Kernan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Grand Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leonore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Ransom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lostant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lostant is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Lostant has also been known as:
- Lost Ant
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lostant <1>
- Rutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tonica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilionville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilionville
- Hitt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hitt is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Wenona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Evans is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Toluca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- La Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Gridley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Chenoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Palatine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Palatine is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Palatine
- McNabb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Standard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Granville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hennepin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Minonk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Benson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Panola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Panola is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- El Paso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Washburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Secor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kappa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kappa is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vermilion City, see our County-by-County Page for Vermilion City.
Cemeteries Near Vermilion City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vermilion City.
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 Vermilion City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vermilion City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Moon's Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old St. Stephen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- River View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stephen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Defenbaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Casimir Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ancona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Barrickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Naramoor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emery Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Vermilion City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vermilion City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vermilion City, with the one closest to Vermilion City listed first.
- Coalville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Streator
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Smithdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smithdale is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
- Kangley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kangley is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Ancona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Missal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Missal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
- Richards
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Kernan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kernan is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
- Long Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilsman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsman is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vermilion City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vermilion City.
Newspapers Published in Vermilion City ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vermilion City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vermilion City, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vermilion City.
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 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 Vermilion City:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bureau County
- Grundy County
- Kankakee County
- La Salle County
- Marshall County
- McLean County
- Putnam County
- Woodford 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 Vermilion City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Vermilion City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |