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 Windenoak (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 Windenoak. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Windenoak is located in Kane 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 Kane County: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Windenoak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windenoak:
- Kane County (The home county of Windenoak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Elburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kaneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lily Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Wasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Campton Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Mooseheart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Batavia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Herbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Garden Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irene is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Hanover Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Streamwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffman Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schaumburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Barrington Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Inverness
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Plum Grove Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Rolling Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Hinckley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Coltonville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coltonville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltonville
- Franks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- De Kalb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elva is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Charter Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- New Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Sandwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waterman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- West Chicago
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Chicago is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,593 people
- Wayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Warrenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Winfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bartlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carol Stream
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Naperville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Wheaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Keeneyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Nettle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nettle Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Creek
- Minooka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Bristol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Boulder Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Plano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oswego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plattville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Lisbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Millington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Serena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Deer Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Zurich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Port Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- Tower Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Kildeer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Lee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Paw Paw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Radley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Radley is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Steward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Paw Paw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Huntley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Algonquin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trout Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Crystal Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Oakwood Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Barreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Ogle County
- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Normantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Plainfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Bloomfield Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Winston Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Romeoville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Crystal Lawns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Shorewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crest Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Windenoak, see our County-by-County Page for Windenoak.
Cemeteries Near Windenoak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windenoak.
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 Windenoak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windenoak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Blackberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lance Souders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lance Souders Cemetery
- The Lance Souders Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lance - Sounders Family Cemetery
- St. Gall Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kaneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hampshire Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whitney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Thatcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lily Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Windenoak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Windenoak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windenoak, with the one closest to Windenoak listed first.
- Elburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kaneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Mound is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Mound
- Wasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lily Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Maple Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Batavia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Richardson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Hinckley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windenoak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windenoak.
Newspapers Published in Windenoak ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windenoak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Windenoak, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Windenoak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Windenoak:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Kane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- McHenry County
- Ogle 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 Windenoak, 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- Windenoak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |