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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 Virgil (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 Virgil. 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 hospitals and 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.

Virgil is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.

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

  • Kane County     (The home county of Virgil)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Lily Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Lily Lake is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
    • Maple Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elburn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Campton Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Campton Hills is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
      • Campton Hills has also been known as:
      • Campton Hills village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
    • Wasco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Burlington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bowes Bend
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
    • North Plato
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • North Plato is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
    • Plato Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonnie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Kaneville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Starks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Starks is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
    • Pingree Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Herbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Herbert is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
    • Garden Prairie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Irene
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Irene is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
    • Belvidere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Russellville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Russellville is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Streamwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hanover Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Barrington Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
    • Hoffman Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • South Barrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • Schaumburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Barrington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Inverness
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfax Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Plum Grove Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Winthrop Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Elk Grove Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Palatine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Cortland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
    • Charter Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
    • New Lebanon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
    • Coltonville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
    • De Kalb
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Brush Point ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
    • Genoa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hinckley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elva
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Elva is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
    • Kingston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clare
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Malta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Wayne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • West Chicago
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • West Chicago is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
    • Bartlett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ingalton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Ingalton is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
    • Eola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Warrenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Carol Stream
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Keeneyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
    • Winfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Cloverdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Bloomingdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Wheaton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Glendale Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Little Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Rock is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Montgomery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Plano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Plano is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Boulder Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Yorkville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Oswego
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Millbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Newark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Plattville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Plattville is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Millington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Leland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheridan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Lake Barrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
    • Deer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox River Valley Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Barrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
    • Port Barrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Port Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
      • Port Barrington has also been known as:
      • Port Barrington village
    • Tower Lakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
    • Lake Zurich
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wauconda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
    • Kildeer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawthorn Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Lee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Steward
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • East Paw Paw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
    • Paw Paw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Radley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Radley is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Huntley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Algonquin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Union
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lake-in-the-Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Marengo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trout Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Cary
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Ridgefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
    • Fox River Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakwood Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
    • Barreville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Barreville is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
  • Ogle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Creston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lindenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Monroe Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hillcrest is located in Ogle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
    • Rochelle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Davis Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Flagg Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Flagg Center is located in Ogle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Center
    • Holcomb
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Will County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Normantown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Plainfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Bloomfield Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Bolingbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winston Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Colonial Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Romeoville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Park is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park

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

Cemeteries Near Virgil ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virgil.

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

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

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

  • St.s Peter & Paul's Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lily Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Thatcher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hampshire Settlement Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • L R Baker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • South Burlington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Gall Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ward Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old St. Mary's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (310 more) ...

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

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

  • Lily Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lily Lake is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
  • Richardson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Richardson is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
  • Maple Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wasco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Burlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Plato Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • North Plato
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • North Plato is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plato
  • Cortland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kaneville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sycamore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
  • Bald Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bald Mound is located in Kane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Mound
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Youngsdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Youngsdale is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsdale
    • Udina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Udina is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udina
    • Charter Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove

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

Newspapers Published in Virgil ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virgil.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virgil, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Virgil.

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 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 Virgil:

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 Virgil, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Virgil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.