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 Worth (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 Worth. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Worth is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Worth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Worth:
- Cook County (The home county of Worth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Chicago Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Palos Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Palos Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alsip
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crestwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palos Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hometown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Justice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Willowbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Hinsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarendon Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Downers Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Utopia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- South Elmhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Channahon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minooka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Batavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mooseheart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Kankakee County
- Manteno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Goodings Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Frankfort Square
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Mokena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Colonial Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Lockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Bolingbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Winston Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Brisbane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Whiting
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Munster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hessville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Dyer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Griffith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Schererville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gary
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <1>
- New Elliott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Worth, see our County-by-County Page for Worth.
Cemeteries Near Worth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Worth.
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 Worth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Worth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Alsip.
- The Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106228 <2>
- Chapel Hills Gardens South
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Restvale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restvale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Restvale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Alsip.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107649 <2>
- Hazel Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bachelor Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Justice.
- The Resurrection Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Resurrection Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107652 <2>
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- Ressurection Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Worth had a population of 186 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Worth had a population of 10,334 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Worth, with the one closest to Worth listed first.
- Oak Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goeselville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goeselville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goeselville
- Mount Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Evergreen Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
- Morgan Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Park
- Beverly Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beverly Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Washington Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Brainerd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brainerd is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- South Englewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Englewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Englewood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Forest Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Chicago Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chicago Lawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Lawn
- Sag Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Worth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Worth.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Worth ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Worth.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Worth. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Worth and those printed in the larger area surrounding Worth.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of Worth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Worth:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Will County
- Lake 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 Worth, 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- Worth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |