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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 Wertenberg (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 Wertenberg. 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 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.

Wertenberg is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Bond, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Saint Clair & Washington.

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

  • Clinton County     (The home county of Wertenberg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • New Memphis
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Damiansville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Damiansville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
    • New Baden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Albers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Germantown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Trenton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Aviston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bartelso
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Breese
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beckemeyer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Rose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
    • Posey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Posey is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
    • Carlyle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Pierron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pocahontas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Sebastopol
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sebastopol is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
    • Saint Jacob
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Highland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Troy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Troy is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,399 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
    • Collinsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Marine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Maryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grantfork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Grantfork is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Glen Carbon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fruit is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
    • Pontoon Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwardsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alhambra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Central City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Central City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
    • Junction City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Junction City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Hecker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Burksville Station
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
    • Waterloo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Burksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Burksville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Wartburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Wartburg is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Winkle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Winkle is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
    • Conant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Conant is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
    • Cutler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pinckneyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Tilden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Coulterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Houston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Houston is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Baldwin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sparta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Red Bud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Preston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Preston is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Walsh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Walsh is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
    • Blair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Blair is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Evansville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruma is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Percy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Steeleville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Saint Libory
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mascoutah
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fayetteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
    • Summerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lebanon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lebanon is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <1>
    • Lenzburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lementon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
    • Marissa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Marissa is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <1>
    • New Athens
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
    • Shiloh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,653 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiloh <1>
    • O'Fallon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wertenberg, with the one closest to Wertenberg listed first.
    • Venedy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Venedy is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Okawville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stone Church
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Stone Church is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
    • Addieville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Caspars
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Caspars is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
    • Elkton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elkton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • New Minden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • New Minden is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Minden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Clarmin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Clarmin is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
    • Oakdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nashville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoyleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Posen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Posen is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posen
    • Ashley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Wertenberg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wertenberg.

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

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

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

  • Miller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrymans Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Harpstrite Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Evangelical Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sheley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • New Baden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Husemann Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Okawville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fike Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blum Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (427 more) ...
    • Bopp Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Barth Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Andress Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • New Memphis Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Memphis Station is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Memphis Station
  • New Memphis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Venedy Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Venedy Station is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy Station
  • Venedy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Venedy is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
  • Johannisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Johannisburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johannisburg
  • Damiansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Damiansville is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
  • Saint Libory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Baden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stone Church
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Stone Church is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
  • Okawville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mascoutah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fayetteville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Caspars
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Caspars is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
    • Lively Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lively Grove is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Grove
    • Plum Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Plum Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill

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

Newspapers Published in Wertenberg ...

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 152 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wertenberg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wertenberg, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wertenberg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wertenberg:

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