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 Warsaw (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 Warsaw. 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 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.
Warsaw is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Lee (IA), Adams, Henderson, McDonough, Schuyler, Clark (MO) & Lewis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Warsaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Warsaw:
- Hancock County (The home county of Warsaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutter is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Elvaston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Basco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Carthage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ferris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Bentley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bentley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Chili
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Niota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Lima
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Meyer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Meyer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Marcelline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marcelline is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcelline
- Loraine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ursa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Paloma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ewbanks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ewbanks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewbanks
- Coatsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Lomax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- McDonough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Colmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Colmar is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmar
- VIshnu Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- VIshnu Springs is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VIshnu Springs
- Des Moines County (IA)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Des Moines County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Lee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Keokuk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Galland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
- Montrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vincennes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Argyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Charleston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Fort Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Donnellson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Croton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Croton is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Van Buren County (IA)
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Alexandria
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wayland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Saint Francisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Saint Patrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Clark City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clark City is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Dumas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Revere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kahoka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peaksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Medill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Medill is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Neeper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Neeper is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeper
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Chambersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Knox County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Forest Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Knox County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Lewis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- La Grange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Sellers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Weber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weber is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- New Court Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Court Village is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
- Lewistown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Durham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Argola is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Marion County (MO)
- Taylor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Scotland County (MO)
- Granger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Warsaw, see our County-by-County Page for Warsaw.
Cemeteries Near Warsaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warsaw.
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 Warsaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Warsaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oiler Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Turner Plot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wythe Congregational Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keokuk National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Keokuk (IA).
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keokuk Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95674 <2>
- Green Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wythe Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Vernon MB Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Warsaw had a population of 2,721 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Warsaw had a population of 1,456 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Alexandria
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keokuk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Mooar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mooar is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooar
- Gregory Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory Landing is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Sutter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutter is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Elderville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elderville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Sandusky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Wayland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Summitville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winchester is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Elvaston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tioga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Warsaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warsaw.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Warsaw ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warsaw.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Warsaw. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Warsaw and those printed in the larger area surrounding Warsaw.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Warsaw.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Warsaw:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Henderson County
- McDonough County
- Des Moines County
- Lee County
- Van Buren County
- Clark County
- Knox County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Scotland 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 Warsaw, 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 from Point A (ie- Warsaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |