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 Bennettsville (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 Bennettsville. 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 and doctors 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.
Bennettsville is located in Dubuque 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 Dubuque County: Clayton, Delaware, Jackson, Jones, Jo Daviess (IL) & Grant (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Bennettsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bennettsville:
- Dubuque County (The home county of Bennettsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Zwingle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Washington Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Key West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Bernard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Cattese
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Massey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Peosta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Wilkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Asbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Dubuque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Delmar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Lost Nation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Rockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hopkinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Earlville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- La Motte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garry Owen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Saint Donatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cottonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Crab Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Smiths
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Emeline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Andrew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Clay Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Onslow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Center Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Wyoming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langworthy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Amber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Oxford Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Hale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Oxford Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- East Dubuque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Bremen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scales Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Rutledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Hazel Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Potosi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Tennyson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Cuba City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Cassville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Platteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- New Diggings
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Etna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- White Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Elk Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bennettsville, see our County-by-County Page for Bennettsville.
Cemeteries Near Bennettsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bennettsville.
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 Bennettsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bennettsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- St. Joseph of the Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Presley Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sisters of Charity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- French Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rooney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dubuque Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Zwingle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94252 <3>
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Melleray Abbey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Presentation Sisters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Baehler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reeds Chapel Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bennettsville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bennettsville, with the one closest to Bennettsville listed first.
- Washington Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Zwingle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Ballyclough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ballyclough is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballyclough
- Bernard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Motte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Key West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Julien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Julien is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julien
- Otter Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Massey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Peosta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Donatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Center Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Center Grove is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bennettsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bennettsville.
Newspapers Published in Bennettsville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bennettsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bennettsville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bennettsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bennettsville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dubuque County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Grant County
- Lafayette 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> | 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- Bennettsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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 Bennettsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |