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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 York Ferry (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 York Ferry. 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 and 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.
York Ferry is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper, Sullivan (IN) & Vigo (IN).
Below are the counties that are near York Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to York Ferry:
- Clark County (The home county of York Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- York
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Marshall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clark Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Hogue Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Livingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Weaver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Casey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Coles County
- Hutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- West York
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hutsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Dogwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Stoy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Bellair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Kibbie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kibbie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbie
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Hazel Dell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Union Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Timothy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Greenup
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Diona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diona
- Walla Walla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Walla
- Edgar County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Oliver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Elbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Bell Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Nevins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Vermilion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grandview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Kentucky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Conlogue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Marie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hidalgo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Falmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Birds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Coalmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Cory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Clay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eel River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eel River is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Art
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Saline City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Gilmour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- White Rose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Island City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Oaktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bruceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Fairbanks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Merom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Farmersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Hymera
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- Vigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Prairie Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Pimento
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Lewis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Liggett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Taylorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to York Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for York Ferry.
Cemeteries Near York Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of York Ferry.
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 York Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for York Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- York Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bradbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lindley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Draper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Island Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hogue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Musgrave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shawler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Hutson Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 York Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of York Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from York Ferry, with the one closest to York Ferry listed first.
- York
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West York
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Hutsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Snyder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Trimble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Fairbanks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Merom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darwin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Annapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ernst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around York Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around York Ferry.
Newspapers Published in York Ferry ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around York Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of York Ferry, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for York Ferry.
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 websites either 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 York Ferry:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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 York Ferry, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- York Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |