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 Vevay Park (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 Vevay Park. 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.
Vevay Park is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Clark, Coles, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Vevay Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vevay Park:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Vevay Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Union Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Hazel Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Greenup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Diona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Walla Walla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Bradbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Toledo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Neoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Casey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Oak Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Oilfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Hogue Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cleone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Clark Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Clarksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Snyder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Hutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Charleston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lerna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Trilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Magnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Bushton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Rardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Mattoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dorans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Humboldt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Bellair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Annapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Dogwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Oblong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hutsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Brier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Brier is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Hindsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Filson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Filson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
- Kemp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Kansas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grandview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Bell Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Oliver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Conlogue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Borton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Redmon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nevins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Elbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Dieterich
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Teutopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Effingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Hidalgo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hunt City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Falmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Willow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Wheeler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Marie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bogota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Gays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Richland County
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Sigel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Trowbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Sexson Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Stewardson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Strasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Fairbanks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Graysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Merom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Vigo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vevay Park, see our County-by-County Page for Vevay Park.
Cemeteries Near Vevay Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vevay Park.
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 Vevay Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vevay Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Ruffner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Long Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Duck Pond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Street Cemetery, Vernon Addition
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boots Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Washington Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Casey Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Cumberland Cemetery
- The Casey Cumberland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Casey City Cemetery
- Cumberland Baptist Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164677 <2>
- Decker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Hazel Dell South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Dell North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cemetery
- The Mt. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mound Cemetery
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 Vevay Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vevay Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vevay Park, with the one closest to Vevay Park listed first.
- Casey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Hazel Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Greenup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Advance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Diona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Walla Walla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Hidalgo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Moonshine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moonshine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Toledo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vevay Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vevay Park.
Newspapers Published in Vevay Park ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vevay Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vevay Park, 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 Vevay Park.
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 Vevay Park:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Effingham County
- Jasper County
- Moultrie County
- Richland County
- Shelby County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | 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 Vevay Park, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vevay Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |