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 Tobin (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 Tobin. 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 hospitals and 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.
Tobin is located in Kenosha County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kenosha County: Lake (IL), McHenry (IL), Racine & Walworth.
Below are the counties that are near Tobin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tobin:
- Kenosha County (The home county of Tobin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Pleasant Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Kenosha
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
- Fossland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Woodworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Somers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Somers is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Bristol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Lake Shangrila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Benet Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paddock Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Salem Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Camp Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Milwaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Union Church
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Church is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
- Oak Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
- South Milwaukee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milwaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,673 people
- Saint Martins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Martins is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Cudahy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cudahy is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cudahy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,077 people
- Greendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greendale is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,127 people
- Racine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Elmwood Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Park is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Sturtevant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sturtevant is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturtevant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,637 people
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
- Racine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Racine is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
- Union Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Franksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Franksville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
- North Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Bay is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Yorkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Wind Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wind Point is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Eagle Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Caledonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,235 people
- Raymond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Bohners Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Genoa City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Voree ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Voree is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voree
- Pell Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lake Geneva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Muskego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muskego is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Colonial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Glencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Northbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wheeling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Capri Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Covenant Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Techny
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Northfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Prospect Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winnetka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Winthrop Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Russell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Beach Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <1>
- Fossland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fossland is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Wadsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spaulding Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spaulding Corners is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding Corners
- Waukegan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grandwood Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grandwood Park is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandwood Park
- Gurnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millburn is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Antioch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McHenry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Pistakee Highlands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
- Spring Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lakemoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Johnsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Island Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Ringwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McCullom Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- McHenry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barreville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tobin, see our County-by-County Page for Tobin.
Cemeteries Near Tobin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tobin.
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 Tobin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tobin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Mt. Oliver Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kenosha County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Benton Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pineview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Ridge Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Bristol Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Tobin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tobin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tobin, with the one closest to Tobin listed first.
- Pleasant Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Russell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Kenosha
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
- Truesdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Truesdell is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdell
- Rosecrans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosecrans is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Wadsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Somers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Somers is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Millburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millburn is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Gurnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waukegan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bristol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Loon Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Lake Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tobin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tobin.
Newspapers Published in Tobin ...
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 Tobin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tobin, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tobin.
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 Tobin:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Kenosha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Milwaukee County
- Racine County
- Walworth County
- Waukesha County
- Cook County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tobin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Tobin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |