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 Woodbine (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 Woodbine. 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 doctors 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.
Woodbine is located in Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County: Dubuque (IA), Jackson (IA), Carroll, Stephenson, Grant (WI) & Lafayette (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Woodbine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbine:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Woodbine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Apple River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Blackhawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Polsgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Savanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Center Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Ayers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Hickory Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Mount Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wacker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Zier Cors
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Ogle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Baileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Kent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Pearl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Winslow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- McConnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Red Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Whiteside County
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Teeds Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Elk River Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Bryant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Goose Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Tenmile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Sixmile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Wilkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Zwingle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Dubuque
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Key West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Smiths
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Green Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Bellevue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Bellevue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Sabula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Springbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Donatus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Miles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spragueville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- La Motte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Hazel Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Cuba City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Dickeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Green County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Cadiz
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Browntown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Browntown is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- New Diggings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Gratiot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- South Wayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Wiota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Woodford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Elk Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbine, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbine.
Cemeteries Near Woodbine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbine.
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 Woodbine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Woodbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plum River Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Massbach Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Albright Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Millville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hanover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1156087 <2>
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- West Chelsea Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Log Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blair Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Woodbine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodbine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schapville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schapville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schapville
- Massbach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Massbach is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rodden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rodden is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Pleasant Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apple River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marcus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Kent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbine.
Newspapers Published in Woodbine ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbine, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodbine.
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 Woodbine:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Whiteside County
- Clinton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Lafayette 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 Woodbine, 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- Woodbine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |