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 Wabash Point (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 Wabash Point. 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 Wabash Point ...
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 Wabash Point: Wabash Pt.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Wabash Point is located in Coles 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 Coles County: Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Wabash Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wabash Point:
- Coles County (The home county of Wabash Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Magnet
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Mattoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lerna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dorans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dorans is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorans
- Cooks Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Humboldt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hutton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Bushton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bushton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Rardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Ashmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oilfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oilfield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilfield
- Casey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cumberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cleone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cleone is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Oak Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Neoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Janesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Diona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Toledo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jewett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Timothy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Union Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Greenup
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walla Walla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Hazel Dell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Arcola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Filson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Filson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filson
- Kemp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Hindsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ficklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ficklin is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ficklin
- Garrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Tuscola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chicken Bristle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Patterson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Camargo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Kansas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Borton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Borton is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borton
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Green Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Teutopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shumway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Effingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dieterich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beecher City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Funkhouser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Heartville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
- Moccasin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Dexter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Watson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- Holliday
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Hidalgo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Wheeler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lis
- Falmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Yale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Gays
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Allenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cadwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cadwell is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadwell
- Cushman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cushman is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Dunn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Lovington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Dalton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piatt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burrowsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burrowsville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Lintner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lintner is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lintner
- La Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Voorhies
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Voorhies is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Sexson Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trowbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Strasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sigel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Middlesworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Stewardson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Findlay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mode
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fancher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Yantisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yantisville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantisville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wabash Point, see our County-by-County Page for Wabash Point.
Cemeteries Near Wabash Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wabash Point.
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 Wabash Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wabash Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Campground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Campground Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Mattoon.
- The Campground Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Sawyer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1140184 <3>
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodge Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Branch Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Muddy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Templeton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concord 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wabash Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wabash Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wabash Point, with the one closest to Wabash Point listed first.
- Paradise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Etna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mattoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gays
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sexson Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexson Corner
- Coles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coles is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Lerna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Loxa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loxa is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loxa
- Cooks Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Trowbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Janesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wabash Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wabash Point.
Newspapers Published in Wabash Point ...
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 196 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wabash Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wabash Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wabash Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Wabash Point:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Coles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Cumberland County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Effingham County
- Fayette County
- Jasper County
- Moultrie County
- Piatt County
- Shelby 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> | 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- Wabash Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Wabash Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |