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 Warrenville (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 Warrenville. 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 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.
Warrenville is located in DuPage 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 DuPage County: Cook, Kane, Kendall & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Warrenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Warrenville:
- DuPage County (The home county of Warrenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Winfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Naperville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Chicago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Eola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ingalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Wheaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carol Stream
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glen Ellyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Glendale Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Downers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Hanover Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Streamwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Berkeley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burr Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Western Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Head Park
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Westchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Schaumburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bellwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,436 people
- Bellwood has also been known as:
- Bellwood village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <1>
- Countryside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Hinckley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sandwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Franks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Franks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Charter Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Sycamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Somonauk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Elva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Waterman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Minooka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Channahon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mooseheart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Saint Charles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Campton Hills
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oswego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plano
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Plattville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Millbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 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 Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kildeer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Zurich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Forest Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Lake Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Long Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Tower Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Prairie View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Riverwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Algonquin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fox River Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Huntley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Winston Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bloomfield Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Normantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Romeoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Crystal Lawns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Lockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crest Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Warrenville, see our County-by-County Page for Warrenville.
Cemeteries Near Warrenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warrenville.
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 Warrenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Warrenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Warrenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Erb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Woods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Naperville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marywood Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Glen Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Illinois Benedictine College Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Warrenville had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Warrenville had a population of 13,456 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Warrenville, with the one closest to Warrenville listed first.
- Warrenhurst
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Warrenhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenhurst
- Naperville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontenac
- Lisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wheaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Gretna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gretna is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Ellyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- North Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Wayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Warrenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warrenville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Warrenville ...
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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warrenville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Warrenville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Warrenville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Warrenville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> of Warrenville.
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 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 Warrenville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to DuPage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will 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 Warrenville, 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 from Point A (ie- Warrenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |