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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 Warrensburg (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 Warrensburg. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Warrensburg is located in Macon 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 Macon County: Christian, De Witt, Logan, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon & Shelby.

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

  • Macon County     (The home county of Warrensburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Bearsdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bearsdale is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsdale
    • Forsyth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Harristown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Niantic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Decatur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Maroa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oreana
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sangamon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sangamon is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangamon
    • Boody
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elwin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Turpin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Turpin is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turpin
    • Argenta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Christian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Mount Auburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolivia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bolivia is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
    • Grove City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Grove City is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Stonington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sandersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sandersville is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Edinburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharpsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharpsburg is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Assumption
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Taylorville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulpitt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeisyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeisyville is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeisyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Kincaid
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • De Witt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Rowell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rowell is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell
    • Kenney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hallsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hallsville is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Midland City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Midland City is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland City
    • Tabor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Tabor is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Lane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Birkbeck
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Birkbeck is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkbeck
    • Wapella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Waynesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Weldon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • De Witt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • De Witt is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Latham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pulaski
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Fork
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Beason
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestervale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chestervale is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestervale
    • Cornland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Broadwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadwell is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Lawndale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elkhart
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Atlanta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • McLean County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Heyworth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • McLean
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Menard County
    • Croft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Croft is located in Menard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
  • Moultrie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Dalton City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake City is located in Moultrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Bethany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lovington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunn is located in Moultrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Cushman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cushman is located in Moultrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
  • Piatt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Cerro Gordo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cisco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • La Place
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Milmine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lintner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lintner is located in Piatt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lintner
    • Burrowsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Burrowsville is located in Piatt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
    • Bement
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • De Land
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hammond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Monticello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Voorhies
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Voorhies is located in Piatt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
    • White Heath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sangamon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Illiopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mechanicsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Buffalo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo Hart
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Buffalo Hart is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Hart
    • Dawson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Spaulding
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Spaulding is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
    • Williamsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Riverton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rochester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clear Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Sherman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Grandview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Grandview is located in Sangamon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warrensburg, with the one closest to Warrensburg listed first.
    • Moweaqua
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Yantisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Yantisville is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantisville

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

Cemeteries Near Warrensburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warrensburg.

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

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

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

  • Illini Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Boiling Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Two Mile Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harristown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Macon County Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sharon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Graceland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crum Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Emery Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Upper Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (257 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Bank Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bank Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake Bank Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Latham.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106512 <2>
    • Long Point Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Warrensburg had a population of 525 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Warrensburg had a population of 1,112 people.

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

  • Bearsdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bearsdale is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsdale
  • Wyckles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wyckles is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckles
  • Forsyth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Latham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harristown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Emery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Emery is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
  • Niantic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Decatur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Maroa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rowell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rowell is located in De Witt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell
  • Illiopolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oreana
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Warrensburg ...

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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warrensburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Warrensburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Warrensburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Warrensburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Warrensburg.

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 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 Warrensburg:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Warrensburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Warrensburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.