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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 White City (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 White City. 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.

White City is located in Macoupin 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 Macoupin County: Greene, Jersey, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan & Sangamon.

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

  • Macoupin County     (The home county of White City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Mount Olive
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Ka-ho
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Ka-ho is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ka-ho
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
      • Lake Ka-ho has also been known as:
      • Lake Ka-Ho village
    • Benld
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Benld is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benld
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benld <1>
    • Eagarville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawyerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mount Clare
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Gillespie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Staunton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wilsonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • East Gillespie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Gillespie is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gillespie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Hornsby
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Hornsby is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
    • Dorchester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Bond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Sorento
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Reno
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Reno is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Old Ripley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Ripley is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Pocahontas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pierron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Smithboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mulberry Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Mound
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mound
  • Christian County
    • Morrisonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clinton County
    • Saint Rose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
  • Fayette County
    • Bingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Rockbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jersey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Fidelity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Delhi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Delhi is located in Jersey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Jerseyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • McClusky
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • McClusky is located in Jersey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Williamson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Livingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • New Douglas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Worden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Prairietown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairietown is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
    • Alhambra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hamel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dorsey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Fruit is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
    • Grantfork
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Grantfork is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Moro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethalto
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Walshville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Litchfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Panama
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Taylor Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Honey Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Bend is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Bend
    • Donnellson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Butler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shop Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Shop Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Creek
    • Schram City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Schram City is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schram City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
    • Hillsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffeen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Raymond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Charles County (MO)
    • West Alton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Alton is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Alton <1>

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

Cemeteries Near White City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White City.

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 White City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chapman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cavalry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union Miners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Benld Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Tine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old St. Michaels Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (418 more) ...
    • Griswold Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Farrar Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 White City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White City.

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

  • Mount Olive
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Staunton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gillespie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hornsby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hornsby is located in Macoupin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
  • Dorchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Walshville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • New Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Litchfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bunker Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Worden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Prairietown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairietown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
  • Sorento
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alhambra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Barnett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Barnett is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
    • Plainview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in White City ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around White City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White City, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White City.

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 helpful 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 White City:

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 White City, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- White City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.