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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 Woodhull (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 Woodhull. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Woodhull is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Bureau, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark & Whiteside.

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

  • Henry County     (The home county of Woodhull)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Alpha
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ophiem
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ophiem is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
    • Andover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lynn Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bishop Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cambridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Osco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Orion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Galva
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Morristown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Morristown is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Briar Bluff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
    • Colona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bureau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Neponset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mineral
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Rio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Altona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Henderson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wataga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Henderson Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Grove
    • Victoria
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Galesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • East Galesburg is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Galesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Knox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Knox is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Knoxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Appleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • New Windsor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
    • Windsor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
    • Griffin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Griffin is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • North Henderson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sherrard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Viola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Alexis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilchrist
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gilchrist is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
    • Matherville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Preemption
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Burgess
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Burgess is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
    • Shale City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Shale City is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
  • Peoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Elmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmore is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Laura
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Coyne Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
    • Coal Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Reynolds
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbon Cliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rustic Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
    • Silvis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Silvis is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <1>
    • Milan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Milan is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
    • Barstow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • East Moline
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Moline is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
    • Taylor Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Moline
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Moline is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • La Fayette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • West Jersey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • West Jersey is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
    • Toulon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Osceola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Modena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Modena is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
    • Wyoming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Shanghai City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shanghai City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai City
    • Utah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Utah is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah
    • Gerlaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Surrey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Surrey is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
    • Cameron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eleanor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Eleanor is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
    • Little York
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Monmouth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kirkwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Scott County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodhull, with the one closest to Woodhull listed first.
    • Riverdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Riverdale is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Bettendorf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Panorama Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Pleasant Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Le Claire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Davenport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Woodhull ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodhull.

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

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

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

  • St. John the Apostle Parish Cemetery (New)
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Woodhull Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Summit Level Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Clover Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Alpha Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grace Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rio Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bruner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ontario Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Red Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (294 more) ...
    • New Windsor Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rio Baptist Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Baptist Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rio Baptist Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Rio.
      • The Rio Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Robertson Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104621 <2>

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.<4>

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

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

  • Alpha
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rio
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ontario
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ontario is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
  • Nekoma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Nekoma is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
  • New Windsor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
  • Lynn Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Oneida
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Andover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Altona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Swedona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Swedona is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedona
  • Griffin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Griffin is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • North Henderson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Henderson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wataga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bishop Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Woodhull ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodhull.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Woodhull. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Woodhull and those printed in the larger area surrounding Woodhull.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Woodhull.

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 Woodhull:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodhull) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Woodhull, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.