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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 Walnut Woods (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 Walnut Woods. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Walnut Woods is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).

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

  • Will County     (The home county of Walnut Woods)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Winston Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Winston Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
    • Bloomfield Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
    • Bolingbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonial Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Romeoville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Normantown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Normantown is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
    • Plainfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Walker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Walker is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Lockport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Crystal Lawns
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
    • Goodings Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodings Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
    • Crest Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Lemont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Burr Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Indian Head Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
    • Willow Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Countryside
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hodgkins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Western Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Justice
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • La Grange Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • La Grange
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Brookfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Hinckley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandwich
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Franks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Franks is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
    • Somonauk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • DuPage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Woodridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Naperville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Lisle is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <1>
    • Darien
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tedens ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Tedens is located in DuPage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
    • Downers Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Westmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Eola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Warrenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Clarendon Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Minooka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Channahon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sand Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Claypool
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Claypool is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
    • Morris
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Gaslight Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Aurora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Batavia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mooseheart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Aurora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Aurora is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
    • Geneva
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Charles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bonnie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Coleman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Coleman is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Campton Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • South Elgin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Wasco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Boulder Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
    • Montgomery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Yorkville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Plattville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Plattville is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Plano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Little Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Little Rock is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Millbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Newark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • La Salle County
    • Millington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Woods, with the one closest to Walnut Woods listed first.
    • Buffalo Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Deer Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Walnut Woods ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut Woods.

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 Walnut Woods - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Boardman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bolingbrook.
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Barber's Corner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #208243 <2>
  • Illinois Benedictine College Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Naperville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheatland Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Twp. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside of Naperville
    • The Wheatland Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wheatland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108827 <2>
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ressurection Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (413 more) ...
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blodgett Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Crest Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<3>

While we didn't find Walnut Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walnut Woods.

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

  • Naperville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lisle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lisle is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisle <1>
  • Romeo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Romeo is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Lemont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tedens ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tedens is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
  • Frontenac
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Frontenac is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontenac
  • Lace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lace is located in DuPage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lace
  • Downers Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Normantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Normantown is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
  • Plainfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Walker is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Sag Bridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Warrenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Eola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Walnut Woods ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Woods.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Woods, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walnut Woods.

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 either 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 Walnut Woods:

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 Walnut Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.