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 Browns (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 Browns. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Browns is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Cedar, Jackson, Jones, Scott, Carroll (IL), Rock Island (IL) & Whiteside (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Browns. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns:
- Clinton County (The home county of Browns)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goose Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- North Welton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Tenmile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Teeds Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Elwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Andover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Elvira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Sixmile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Lowden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Zwingle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Washington Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Bernard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Fillmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Cattese
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Key West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Spragueville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Van Buren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Maquoketa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Miles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Buckhorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Cottonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Ironhills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Clay Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Onslow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Center Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Noel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- McCausland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Long Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Park View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Donahue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eldridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- New Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Le Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Arnold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ayers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Thomson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Center Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Wacker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Argo Fay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Ideal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Polsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Hanover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Cordova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,285 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <1>
- East Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Union Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Newton Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns, see our County-by-County Page for Browns.
Cemeteries Near Browns ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns.
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 Browns - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haylock Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center Cemetery
- The Union Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Union Center Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94727 <2>
- Richardson Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Estate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Estate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rathbun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun Cemetery
- The Rathbun Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haylock Farm Cemetery
- West Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95915 <2>
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Salem's Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Bend School Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glahn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Browns had a population of 76 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Riggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Spragueville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delmar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goose Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Van Buren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Maquoketa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Welton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Miles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Springbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Teeds Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns.
Newspapers Published in Browns ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns.
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 Browns:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Scott County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Rock Island County
- Whiteside 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Browns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Browns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |