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Welcome to Noel ...

So far, we found very little information about Noel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Noel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Noel, please Contact Us.

Noel would have been located within present day Scott County<2>.


The location of Noel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Noel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Noel is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Noel was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Noel still existed, it would have been in the (563) area code.

Communities Also Named Noel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Noel - they are located in Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Noel.

Communities near Noel ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Noel.

  • Davenport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Moline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
    • Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <5>
  • Rock Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bettendorf
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • East Moline
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Moline have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
    • East Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
  • Silvis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silvis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
    • Silvis is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <5>
  • Eldridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • De Witt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Camanche
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Le Claire
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Noel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Noel.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Noel. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Noel.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Noel. See our Newspapers Page for Noel.

Adding Noel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Noel in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Noel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Noel post office opened in 1882.

We also found Noel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Noel.

The official website for Scott County: www.scottcountyiowa.com/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Noel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Noel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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