General County Information
	Effingham County - was cut off from Fayette County and separately organized in 1831. Named for Gen. Edward Effingham. It is situated in the central portion of the State, 62 miles northeast of St. Louis; has an area of 490 square miles and a population in 1900 of 20,465. T.M. Short, I. Fanchon and William I. Hawkins were the first County commissioners. Effingham, the county-seat, was platted by Messrs. Alexander and Little in 1854. Messrs. Gillenwater, Hawkins and Brown were among the earliest settlers. Several lines of railway cross the county. Agriculture and sheep-raising are leading industries, wool being one of the principal products. "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1901" Two theories exist as to how Effingham got its name. In the first, the community was named for an investor in the Illinois Central railroad. The second has the town named in honor of Lord Effingham, a British noble, who resigned his military commission rather than fight against the colonies during the Revolutionary War. Today Effingham is called the “Crossroads to Opportunity” due to the close proximity of I-57, I-70, and US Route 40 (From the National Road Association of Illinois)
	Effingham County Genealogy
	Towns and Place names in Effingham County - 1831-2006 Effingham County Churches    added 5/21/07 Altamont Christian Church 39°03'33"N 88°44'33"W Altamont East Bethsaida Church 38°56'31"N 88°29'19"W Eberle Church of the Nazarene 39°07'22"N 88°32'53"W Effingham South Ebenezer Church 39°09'53"N 88°36'38°"W Effingham North First Baptist Church 39°07'11"N 88°32'4'0°"W Effingham South First Baptist Church 39°03'31"N 88°44'37°"W Altamont East First Christian Church 39°07'23"N 88°32'32"W Effingham South First Pentacostal Church 39°03'25"N 88°44'33"W Altamont East First Presbyterian Church 39°07'13"N 88°32'57"W Effingham South First United Methodist Church 39°03'47"N 88°44'59"W Altamont East Free Methodist Church 39°07'16"N 88°32'58"W Effingham South Immanuel Lutheran Church 39°03'36"N 88°44'43"W Altamont East Little Prairie Church 39°02'38"N 88°38'°37°"W Altamont East Loy Church 39°03'35"N 88°32'01"W Effingham South Miller Chapel 39°03'56"N 88°38'°37°"W Altamont East Mount Zion Church 38°57'53"N 88°27'21"W Eberle Ramsey Chapel (historical) 39°12'16"N 88°34'29"W Effingham North Saint Anthonys Roman Catholic Church 39°07'31"N 88°32'28"W Effingham North Saint Clares Roman Catholic Church 39°03'44"N 88°45'22"W Altamont West Saint Johns Church 39°03'43"N 88°33'40°"W Effingham South Saint Johns Lutheran Church 39°07'19"N 88°33'11"W Effingham South Saint Matthews Church 38°56'30"N 88°25'22"W Eberle Saint Pauls Church 39°06'26"N 88°22'42"W Dieterich Saint Pauls Church 39°07'11"N 88°42'33"W Altamont East Salem Church 39°00'46"N 88°40'35"W Altamont East Salt Creek Church 39°00'49"N 88°31'2'8"W Effingham South Union Church 38°56'14"N 88°35'19"W Hord Van Treese Church 39°09'49"N 88°39'03"W Shumway White Chapel (historical) 39°11'40"N 88°42'4'1"W Shumway Cemeteries.......List of Cemeteries in Effingham County Afr-American Man Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Agney Cemetery   39°12'26"N   88°42'27"W     added 5/20/07 Allen Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Arborcrest Cemetery   39°05'3'2"N   88°3'7°33"W     added 5/20/07 Armstrong Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Bailey Cemetery   38°59'36"N   88°38'°55"W     added 5/20/07 Bartscht Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Beck William Cemetery   38°59'18"N   88°44'0°2"W     added 5/20/07 Beecher Cemetery   39°10'50"N   88°47'15"W     added 5/20/07 Bell Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Besing Cemetery   38°58'17"N   88°47'11"W     added 5/20/07 Bethlehem Cemetery   39°00'19"N   88°46'08"W     added 5/20/07 Bethsaida Cemetery   38°56'46"N   88°29'00"W     added 5/20/07 Blue Point Baptist Cemetery   39°08°55"N   88°39'04"W added 5/20/07 Brockett Cemetery   38°58'52"N   88°3'7°31"W     added 5/20/07 Broomsbury Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Brown Cemetery   39°08°32"N   88°3'7°56"W     added 5/20/07 Brown Cemetery   38°54'57"N   88°38'°26"W     added 5/20/07             Brown Cemetery Brumback Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Bryant Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Bunker Hill Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Burk Chapel Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Cochea Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Covert Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Craver Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Unknown     added 5/20/07 Davidson Cemetery   38°59'23"N   88°39'08"W     added 5/20/07 Davis Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Diehl Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Diekman Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Dieterich Cemetery   39°02'43"N   88°22'50"W     added 5/20/07 Dowell Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Dowty Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Drysdale Cemetery   39°00'21"N   88°42'57"W     added 5/20/07 Edgewood Cemetery   38°55'32"N   88°39'18"W     added 5/20/07 Effingham City Cemetery   39°07'32"N   88°31'45"W     added 5/20/07 Effingham Poor Farm Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Ewington Cemetery   39°05'5'8"N   88°35'4'0°"W     added 5/20/07 Faulk Cemetery   38°54'56"N   88°44'0°4"W     added 5/20/07 Flensburg Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Ford Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Fremington Cemetery   39°04'36"N   88°40'34"W     added 5/20/07 Funk Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Funkhouser Cemetery   39°05'16"N   88°38'°27"W     added 5/20/07 German Methodist Cemetery   39°04'45"N   88°43'36"W     added 5/20/07 Green Creek Cemetery   39°12'06"N   88°31'33"W     added 5/20/07 Grubb Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Gypsy Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Hickman Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Higgs Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Hollis Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Horse Thief Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Hull Cemetery   38°59'27"N   88°32'07"W     added 5/20/07 Immaculate Conception Cemetery   39°03'32"N   88°22'15"W  added 5/20/07 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery   39°03'44"N   88°33'42"W     added 5/20/07 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery   39°03'34"N   88°44'0°5"W     added 5/20/07 Indian Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Indian Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Indian Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Indian Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Kavanaugh Cemetery   38°58'50"N   88°44'1'3"W     added 5/20/07 King Cemetery   39°01'26"N   88°25'5'2"W     added 5/20/07 Leith Cemetery   38°57'48"N   88°35'0'1"W     added 5/20/07 Little Prairie Cemetery   39°02'50"N   88°38'°34"W     added 5/20/07 Long Point Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Loy Chapel Cemetery   39°03'33"N   88°32'02"W     added 5/20/07 Mahon Cemetery   38°58'29"N   88°42'4'2"W     added 5/20/07 Martin Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Martin Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Mason Cemetery   38°56'44"N   88°3'7°44"W     added 5/20/07 McCoy Cemetery   39°04'32"N   88°42'55"W     added 5/20/07 Memorial Gardens Cemetery   39°10'50"N   88°47'10"W     added 5/20/07 Merry Cemetery   38°57'36"N   88°26'38°"W     added 5/20/07 Miller Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Miller Chapel Cemetery   39°03'57"N   88°38'°40"W     added 5/20/07 Moccasin Cemetery   39°08°47"N   88°46'01"W     added 5/20/07 Montrose Cemetery   39°10'16"N   88°22'42"W     added 5/20/07 Morris Cemetery   38°57'54"N   88°27'48"W     added 5/20/07 Mount Zion Cemetery   38°57'50"N   88°27'23"W     added 5/20/07 Myers Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Negro Hill Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 New Hope Cemetery   38°58'54"N   88°39'59"W     added 5/20/07 New Salem Cemetery   39°00'46"N   88°40'38°"W     added 5/20/07 Newman Cemetery   39°00'21"N   88°42'57"W     added 5/20/07 Norris Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Old Loy Cemetery   39°03'34"N   88°31'58"W     added 5/20/07 Old Mason Cemetery   38°56'27"N   88°3'7°54"W     added 5/20/07 Old Salem Cemetery   39°00'51"N   88°40'29"W     added 5/20/07 Parker Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Parks Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Parks Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Parks Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Pleasant Grove Cemetery   39°08°42"N   88°46'37°"W     added 5/20/07 Poe Cemetery   38°59'13"N   88°28'39"W     added 5/20/07 Porter Cemetery   39°04'26"N   88°36'53"W     added 5/20/07 Ramsey Cemetery   39°12'18"N   88°34'27"W     added 5/20/07 Rentfrow Cemetery   39°10'22"N   88°36'35"W     added 5/20/07 Richardson Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Ridge Cemetery   38°57'25"N   88°32'27"W     added 5/20/07 Rinehart Cemetery   39°05'24"N   88°32'50"W     added 5/20/07 Robinson Cemetery   38°55'14"N   88°38'°26"W     added 5/20/07 Robinson Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Robinson Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 - Robinson Cemetery Ruffner Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Saint Aloysius Cemetery   39°03'44"N   88°26'24"W     added 5/20/07 Saint Anns Catholic Cemetery   38°57'04"N   88°41'0'1"W     added 5/20/07 Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery   39°07'54"N   88°32'35"W    added 5/20/07 Saint Clare Catholic Cemetery   39°04'18"N   88°44'57"W     added 5/20/07 Saint Clare Cemetery (historical)   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Saint Francis Cemetery   39°08°14"N   88°28'42"W      added 5/20/07 Saint Francis Mausoleum   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Saint John Cemetery   38°54'49"N   88°28'31"W    added 5/20/07 Saint John Lutheran Cemetery   39°00'55"N   88°23'07"W    added 5/20/07 Saint John Lutheran Cemetery   39°07'24"N   88°33'53"W    added 5/20/07 Saint Marys Cemetery   39°10'42"N   88°39'21"W    added 5/20/07 Saint Matthew Lutheran Cemetery   38°56'27"N   88°25'19"W  added5/20/07 Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery   39°06'27"N   88°22'40"W    added 5/20/07 Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery   39°07'13"N   88°42'35"W    added 5/20/07 Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery    Unknown     added 5/20/07 Scott Cemetery   38°57'14"N   88°22'51"W    added 5/20/07 Shelley Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Shirley Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Shumway Cemetery   39°11'11"N   88°39'18"W    added 5/20/07 Sipes Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Smith Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Stroud Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Tipsword Cemetery   39°10'22"N   88°46'40°"W    added 5/20/07 Toothaker Cemetery   39°07'17"N   88°35'3'3"W    added 5/20/07 Trexler Cemetery   Unknown     added 5/20/07 Trinity Lutheran Cemetery   39°12'03"N   88°39'19"W    added 5/20/07 Turner Cemetery   39°01'06"N   88°3'7°25"W    added 5/20/07 Union Cemetery   39°04'13"N   88°44'56"W    added 5/20/07 Union Cemetery   39°04'13"N   88°45'02"W    added 5/20/07 Wabash Cemetery   38°58'28"N   88°39'43"W    added 5/20/07 Wallace Cemetery   Unknown    added 5/20/07 Warren Cemetery   Unknown    added 5/20/07 Watson Cemetery   39°01'56"N   88°34'1'0"W    added 5/20/07 Weber Cemetery   Unknown    added 5/20/07 Wood Lawn Cemetery   39°06'22"N   88°30'43"W    added 5/20/07 Wright Cemetery   38°55'49"N   88°36'44"W    added 5/20/07 - Wright Cemetery Young Cemetery   Unknown  added 5/20/07 Zion Lutheran Cemetery   39°00'13"N   88°42'00"W  added 5/20/07 Birth Notices in Effingham Newspapers Marriage Notices: --- 1875 --- 1878 --- 1879 --- Biographies of Effingham County Residents - Biography of Ada Harriet Miser Kepley (1847-1925), written by Shelby County host Judy Edwards (off-site link) - Biography of John Newton Phifer, M.D and his address to the Effingham County Medical Society in 1900 - Biographies listed in the 1910 Effingham Co. History Obituary Index (Updated!) - Obituary for Nathaniel Armstrong, last War of 1812 survivor in Effingham County Effingham Co. Newspaper Stories - 1836 Juror List - Miscellaneous Newspaper Genealogical and Historical Gleanings (New!) Education in Effingham County....List of Teachers who taught in the German Catholic schools and some outstanding students Effingham Business Directory Effingham Residents in the Joliet Prison Convict Register Effingham County Residents living in the Soldiers & Sailors Home The Hanging of Thomas Greenwood, early Effingham County Resident Shumway High School Class of 1903 Graduation Program
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