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 Ayresville (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 Ayresville. 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 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.
Ayresville is located in Cedar County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cedar County: Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Ayresville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ayresville:
- Cedar County (The home county of Ayresville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Sunbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lime City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lowden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Buchanan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Clarence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stanwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Calamus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Toronto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Grand Mound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Nation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Elwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- De Witt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Monmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Oasis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elmira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Midway ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Morse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Lone Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Solon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- River Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- University Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Coralville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Hale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Olin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wyoming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Center Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Onslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Martelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Letts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- South Towne Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Atalissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- West Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Muscatine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Midway Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Nichols
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- New Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Durant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Walcott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Donahue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eldridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Eliza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Petersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Illinois City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Andalusia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Buffalo Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Moline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Coyne Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ayresville, see our County-by-County Page for Ayresville.
Cemeteries Near Ayresville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ayresville.
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 Ayresville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ayresville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Moneka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sugar Creek Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farmington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Center Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Whitmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ochiltree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eureka Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Centerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lime City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Bolton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Ayresville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ayresville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ayresville, with the one closest to Ayresville listed first.
- Lime City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Bennett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Durant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Moscow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Atalissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Walcott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Lowden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ayresville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ayresville.
Newspapers Published in Ayresville ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ayresville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ayresville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ayresville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ayresville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Cedar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Louisa County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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> | 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 Ayresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ayresville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |