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 Bennett (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 Bennett. 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 doctors and 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.
Bennett 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 Bennett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bennett:
- Cedar County (The home county of Bennett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Lowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lime City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Clarence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Springdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Cedar Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Mechanicsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Centerdale
(18 miles [29 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 Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lost Nation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Elwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- North Welton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- De Witt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Delmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Monmouth
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Maquoketa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Oasis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Morse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Midway ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Solon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- University Heights
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(16 miles [25.7 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Olin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Morley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Onslow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Center Junction
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Martelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Amber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Clay Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Anamosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- South Towne Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Moscow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pleasant Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Atalissa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Midway Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Muscatine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Fruitland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- New Liberty
(5 miles [8 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
- Big Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Walcott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Donahue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Blue Grass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eldridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buffalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Eliza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Marston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Illinois City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Andalusia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Rock Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Taylor Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bennett, see our County-by-County Page for Bennett.
Cemeteries Near Bennett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bennett.
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 Bennett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bennett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- Inland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- York Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Center Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moneka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ochiltree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bennett had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bennett had a population of 373 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
- New Liberty
(5 miles [8 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
- Big Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Lime City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Lowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Rochester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Clarence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Calamus
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bennett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bennett.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bennett ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bennett.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bennett. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bennett and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bennett.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Bennett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Bennett:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Cedar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn 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 Bennett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bennett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |