A list the churches that were organized in Illinois.
Link to Illinois churches by county.
County |
Church |
Cemetery |
Lawrence |
Allison Prairie (1865-) |
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Carroll |
Arnold's Grove (1842-1932) |
Arnold's Grove church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Arnolds Grover Dunkard cemetery. |
Fulton |
Astoria (Woodland) (1852-) |
South Fulton Cemetery: South Fulton was the name of the meetinghouse. Mother church was the Upper Fulton congregation |
Kane |
Batavia: Faith (1896-) |
Mother church was the Elgin congregation |
Christian |
Bear Creek (1870-1912) |
Mother church was the Otter Creek congregation |
Hancock |
Bear Creek (1876-?) |
By 1878 this congregation joined the Congregational Brethren church |
Piatt | Bement (1895-1907) | Mother church was the Milmine congregation |
Champaign & Piatt |
Blue Ridge (1878-1928?) |
Known locally as the Dunkard Cemetery |
Christian |
Buckhart (1870?-76?) |
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La Salle & Livingston | Buffalo (1871?-73?) | |
McDonough & Fulton |
Bushnell (1865-79) |
Mother church was the Upper Fulton congregation |
McDonough |
Camp Creek (1879-1961?) |
Cemetery Mother Church was the Bushnell congregation |
Piatt |
Cerro Gordo (1884-) |
Mother church was the Macon congregation |
Champaign |
Champaign (1901?) |
Mother church was the Blue Ridge congregation |
Jo Davies |
East
Chelsea Cemetery |
|
Carroll |
Cherry Grove (1859-) |
Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery |
Cook |
Chicago: Chinese Fellowship (1960-74) |
No cemetery |
Cook |
Douglas Park (1938-) |
No cemetery |
Cook |
Chicago: First (1889-) |
No cemetery |
Christian |
Clear Creek (1879-86?) |
Mother church was the Sugar Creek congregation |
Fulton |
Coal Creek (Upper Fulton, Canton) (1845 - ) |
|
Adams |
Concord (1881-1908) |
Mother church was the Liberty congregation |
Livingston |
Cornell (Vermillion) (1868-1904) |
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Cumberland |
Cumberland Co. (1869-89?) |
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Macon |
Decatur (1910-) |
Mother church was the Okaw (LaPlace) congregation |
Lee |
Dixon (1908-) |
Mother church was the Franklin Grove congregation |
Edgar |
Edgar County (1871-75) |
|
Kane |
Elgin: Blackhawk Manor Fellowship (1959-?) |
No church cemetery |
Kane |
Elgin: Highland Avenue (1899-) |
No church cemetery |
Cook |
Evanston: Reba Place Fellowship (1975-) |
No church cemetery |
Lee |
Franklin Grove (Rock River) (1845- |
|
Stephenson |
Freeport (1920-) |
Mother church was the Yellow Creek congregation |
Macoupin |
Girard (1912-) |
Mother church was the Pleasant Hill congregation |
Pike |
Hadley Creek (Barry) (1881-98?) |
Mother church was the Mill Creek church in Adams Co. ILL |
Carroll |
Hickory Grove (1858-1970) |
Hickory Grove church cemetery. It is also known locally as the Hickory Grove/Wacker Cemetery Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation |
McLean & Bond |
Hudson (1865-1926) |
|
Bond |
Hurricane Creek (1843-) |
|
Fayette |
Kaskaskia (1886-) |
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Jasper | Kniman (1894-1889) | |
Crawford |
La Motte Prairie (1868-) |
|
Piatt |
La Place (Okaw) (1866-) |
Mother church was the Cerro Gordo (Oakley Brick) congregation |
Carroll |
Lanark (1878-) |
No Church cemetery Some members are buried in the Lanark Cemetery - community cemetery Mother church was the Cherry Grove congregation |
Adams |
Liberty (Mill Creek) (1831-) |
Some of the early members are buried in the Kimmons Cemetery Mother church was the Union County congregation |
Montgomery | Litchfield (1889-?) | Mother church was the Macoupin Creek congregation |
Adams |
Loraine (1880-1901) |
Mother Church was the Liberty congregation |
Fulton | Macedonia (1888-?) |
Mother church was the Coal Creek congregation |
Montgomery |
Macoupin Creek (1876-1923) |
Cemetery Mother church was the Otter Creek congregation |
Wayne |
Martins Creek (1888-) |
Mother church was the Big Creek (Walnut Grove) congregation |
Carroll |
Milledgeville (Dutchtown) (1858-) |
Milledeville church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Dutchtown Brethren Cemetery Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation |
Macon |
Milmine (1866-1905) |
Mother church was the Cerro Gordo (Oakley Brick) congregation |
Kendall |
Montgomery: Boulder Hill Community (1958-) |
No Church cemetery |
Carroll |
Mount Carroll (1909-32) |
Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation |
Bond |
Mulberry Grove (1875-1939) |
Mother church was the Hurricane Creek congregation |
DePage |
Naperville (Bethel) (1860-?) |
Cemetery is locally called Erb Cemetery |
Woodford & Marshall |
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Macon |
Oakley Brick (1856-) |
Mother church was the Cerro Gordo congregation |
Woodford |
Panther Creek (1852-) |
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Peoria |
Peoria (1948-) |
No Church cemetery |
Mclean |
Pike Creek (Chenoa) (1878-97?) |
Mother Church was the Vermillion (Cornell) Congregation |
Ogle |
Pine Creek (1858-1971) |
Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery |
Jefferson |
Pleasant Grove (Mount Vernon) (1882-1971) |
|
Macoupin |
Pleasant Hill (Otter Creek) (1876-1912) |
Mother church was the Otter Creek (Sugar Creek) congregation |
Ogle |
Polo (1905-) |
Mother Church was the Pine Creek Congregation |
Whiteside |
Rock Creek (1866-1938) |
Other cemeteries Used: Malvern Cemetery & Hickory Grover Cemetery, Mother church was the Arnold's Grove Congregtion |
Winnebago |
Rockford: First (1911-) |
|
Marion |
Romine (1891-) |
Cemetery Mother church was the Salem Congregation |
Marion |
Salem (1869-1917) |
|
Carroll |
Shannon (1875-1936) |
Shannon church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Brethren (Dunkard) Cemetery Mother church was the Cherry Grove congregation |
Shelby |
Shelby County (1865?-67?) |
|
Ogle |
Silver Creek (Mount Morris) (1867-) |
Silver Creek Cemetery Mother church was the West Branch congregation |
Christian |
South Fork (1882-90) |
|
Fulton |
Spring Run (1879-1927) |
Mother church was the Bushnell congregation |
Sangamon |
Springfield (1922-) |
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Whiteside |
Sterling (1892-1971) |
Mother church was the Rock Creek congregation |
Sangamon & Morgan |
Sugar Creek (1830-1919) |
Cemetery |
Winnebago |
Sylvan (1959-67) |
Mother Church was the Rockford first congregation |
Tazwelle |
Tazewell (1874?-77?) |
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Union |
Union County (1812-84?) |
Not known: The Kimmell Cemetery was used by the member of this church. |
Champaign |
Urbana (1863-1904) |
|
Macoupin |
Virden (1912-) |
Mother church was the Pleasant Hill congregation |
Stephenson |
Waddams Grove (Lena) (1859-) |
No church cemetery. Some members are buried in the Lousia Cemetery and at the East Chelsea cemetery Mother church was the Yellow Creek congregation |
Richland & Edward |
Walnut Grove (Big Creek) (1859-) |
|
Drake |
West Branch (Palestine) (1846-) |
West Branch or Maryland Cemetery |
Macoupin |
West Otter Creek (1876-1912) |
Mother church was the Sugar Creek congregation |
Fulton |
Woodland (1881-) |
Woodland church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Woodland Brethren Cemetery. Mother Church was the Astoria congregation |
Stephenson |
Yellow Creek (1867-) |
This church did not have church cemetery, but members are buried in the Yellow Creek Cemetery next to the church.
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Depage |
York Center (1945-) |
No Cemetery |
List of books on history for the churches in Illinois.
Brethren In Northern Illinois and Wisconsin by John Heckman & J E Miller 1941
Church of the Brethren in Southern Illinois by Minnie S. Buckingham 1950
Compiled Minutes and History of the church of the Brethren of the Southern District of Illinois (1908)
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Church |
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Adams |
Concord (1880-1908) |
Adams |
Liberty (Mill Creek) |
Adams |
Loraine (1880-1901) |
Bond |
Hurricane Creek(1843-) |
Bond |
Mulberry Grove (1875-1939) |
Carroll |
Arnold's Grove (1842-1932) |
Carroll |
Cherry Grove (1859-) |
Carroll |
Hickory Grove (1858-1970) |
Carroll |
Lanark (1878-) |
Carroll |
Milledgeville (Dutchtown) (1858-) |
Carroll |
Mount Carroll (1909-32) |
Carroll |
Shannon (1875-1936) |
Champaign |
Champaign (1901?) |
Champaign |
Urbana (1863-1904) |
Champaign & Piatt |
Blue Ridge (1878-1928?) |
Christian |
Bear Creek (1870-1912) |
Christian |
Buckhart (1870?-76?) |
Christian |
Clear Creek (1879-86?) |
Christian |
South Fork (1882-90) |
Cook |
Chicago: Chinese Fellowship (1960-74) |
Cook |
Chicago: Douglas Park (1938-) |
Cook |
Chicago: First (1889-) |
Cook |
Evanston: Reba Place Fellowship (1975-) |
Crawford |
La Motte Prairie Federated (1886-) |
Cumberland |
Cumberland Co. (1869?-89?) |
DePage |
Naperville (Bethel) (1860-?) |
DePage |
York Center (1945-) |
Drake |
West Branch (Palestine) (1846-) |
Edgar |
Edgar County (1871-75) |
Fayette |
Kaskaskia (1886-) |
Fulton |
Astoria (1852-) |
Fulton |
Coal Creek (Upper Fulton, Canton) (1845 - ) |
Fulton |
Spring Run (1879-1927) |
Fulton |
Woodland (1881-) |
Hancock |
Bear Creek (1876-?) |
Jasper | Kniman (1894-1895?) |
Jefferson |
Pleasant Grove (Mount Vernon) (1882-1971) |
Jo Davies |
|
Kane |
Batavia: Faith (1896-) |
Kane |
Elgin: Blackhawk Manor Fellowship (1959-?) |
Kane |
Elgin: Highland Avenue (1899-) |
Kendall |
Montgomery: Boulder Hill Community (1958-) |
Lawrence |
Allison Prairie (1865-) |
Lee |
Dixon (1908-) |
La Salle & Livingston | Buffalo (1871?-73?) |
Lee |
Franklin Grove (Rock River) |
Livingston |
Cornell (Vermillion) (1868-1904) |
Livingston & LaSalle | Buffalo (1871?-73?) |
Macon |
Decatur (1911-) |
Macon |
Milmine (1866-1905) |
Macon |
Oakley Brick (Cerro Gordo) (1856-) |
Macoupin |
Girard (1912-) |
Macoupin |
Pleasant Hill (1876-1912) |
Macoupin |
Virden (1912-) |
Macoupin |
West Otter Creek (1876-1912) |
Marion |
Romine (1892-) |
Marion |
Salem (1869-1917) |
Marshall & Woodford |
Oak Grove (Pigeon Creek) (1881-) |
McDonough |
Camp Creek (1879-1961?) |
McDonough & Fulton |
Bushnell (1865-79) |
Mclean |
Pike Creek (Chenoa) (1878-97?) |
McLean & Bond |
Hudson (1865-1926) |
Montgomery |
Macoupin Creek (1876-1923) |
Montgomery | Litchfield (1889-?) |
Ogle |
Pine Creek (1858-1971) |
Ogle |
Polo (1905-) |
Ogle |
Silver Creek (Mount Morris) (1867-) |
Peoria |
Peoria (1948-) |
Piatt |
Bement (1895-1907) |
Piatt |
Cerro Gordo (1884-) |
Piatt |
La Place (Okaw) (1866-) |
Pike |
Hadley Creek (Barry) (1881-98?) |
Richland & Edward |
Walnut Grove (Big Creek) (1859-) |
Sangamon |
Springfield (1922-) |
Sangamon & Morgan |
Sugar Creek (1830-1919) |
Shelby |
Shelby County (1865?-67?) |
Stephenson |
Freeport (1845-) |
Stephenson |
Waddams Grove (Lena) (1859-) |
Stephenson |
Yellow Creek (1867-) |
Tazewell |
Tazewell (1874?-77?) |
Union |
Union County (1812-84?) |
Wayne |
Martin Creek (1888-) |
Whiteside |
Rock Creek |
Whiteside |
Sterling (1892-1971) |
Winnebago |
Rockford: First (1911-) |
Winnebago |
Sylvan (1959-67) |
Woodford |
Oak Grove (Pigeon Creek) (1881-) |
Woodford & Marshall |
Panther Creek (1852-) |
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