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 Woodyard (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 Woodyard. 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 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.
Woodyard is located in Edgar 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 Edgar County: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Douglas, Vermilion, Vermillion (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Woodyard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodyard:
- Edgar County (The home county of Woodyard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Chrisman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scottland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Raven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Metcalf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kidley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Palermo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Hume
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Huffmanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Brocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Broadlands
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Homer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Longview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Philo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mayview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayview is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Mira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mira is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mira
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Farrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dennison is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Rardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rardin is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Ashmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Newman
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Murdock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Villa Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
- Camargo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hindsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Kemp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kemp is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Vermilion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Olivet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Indianola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Busenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Meeks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Archie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Sidell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Westville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belgium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Catlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fountain County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Harveysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Covington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Layton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Veedersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wallace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Stone Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Parke County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Montezuma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Union is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Armiesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Mecca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Annapolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bloomingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Numa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Atherton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Billie Creek Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Billie Creek Village is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billie Creek Village
- Grange Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Vermillion County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Dana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Cayuga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <1>
- Eugene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Saint Bernice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Blanford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Rileysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Gessie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Libertyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Pine Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- New Goshen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shepardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnhart Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Sandcut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Spelterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Liggett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- North Terre Haute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Terre Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Warren County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Foster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- State Line City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- State Line City is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Warren County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodyard, see our County-by-County Page for Woodyard.
Cemeteries Near Woodyard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodyard.
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 Woodyard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodyard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pilot Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vermilion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Cemetery
- The Vermilion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vermilion Grove Cemetery
- Gaines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McKee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newcomb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Friends Chapel Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Chapel Church Cemetery
- The Friends Chapel Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friends Chapel Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
- Prairie Twp. Chapel Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #244596 <2>
- Yankee Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- The Sharon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Martha Smith Cemetery
- Michael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (387 more) ...
- Cherry Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoult Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Woodyard had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodyard, with the one closest to Woodyard listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mortimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mortimer is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
- Chrisman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vermilion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Cherry Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Scottland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Humrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Humrick is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humrick
- Indianola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Raven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raven is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Illiana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Illiana is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Metcalf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodyard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodyard.
Newspapers Published in Woodyard ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodyard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodyard, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodyard.
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 Woodyard:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Edgar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Douglas County
- Vermilion County
- Fountain County
- Parke County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Warren 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 Woodyard, 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- Woodyard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |