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 Clinton Stock Yards (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 Clinton Stock Yards. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Clinton Stock Yards 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 Clinton Stock Yards. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clinton Stock Yards:
- Clinton County (The home county of Clinton Stock Yards)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camanche
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Low Moor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elvira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Sixmile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Shaffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Folletts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Tenmile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Elk River Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Goose Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Miles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sabula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Preston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Spragueville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maquoketa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andrew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCausland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Le Claire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Park View
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Pleasant Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Long Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Riverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Bettendorf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Donahue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bureau County (IL)
- Yorktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Bureau County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Thomson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Ideal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Ayers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fair Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Haven is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Hickory Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Savanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Chadwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Hickory Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Green Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Geneseo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hooppole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Pleasant Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Joslin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Rapids City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
- Barstow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rustic Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Carbon Cliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silvis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Silvis is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <1>
- East Moline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
- Moline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Albany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Newton Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Union Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Spring Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Fenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Erie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Denrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Lyndon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clinton Stock Yards, see our County-by-County Page for Clinton Stock Yards.
Cemeteries Near Clinton Stock Yards ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clinton Stock Yards.
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 Clinton Stock Yards - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clinton Stock Yards covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clinton Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is located in Camanche.
- The Rosehill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95999 <2>
- Lusk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springdale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Clinton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96406 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dierks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minta 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>
While we didn't find Clinton Stock Yards in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clinton Stock Yards.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clinton Stock Yards, with the one closest to Clinton Stock Yards listed first.
- Camanche
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Albany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chaney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- East Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Garden Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garden Plain is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Low Moor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elvira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Folletts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Union Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clinton Stock Yards. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clinton Stock Yards.
Newspapers Published in Clinton Stock Yards ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clinton Stock Yards.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clinton Stock Yards, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clinton Stock Yards.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Clinton Stock Yards:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Scott County
- Bureau County
- Carroll County
- Henry 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 Clinton Stock Yards, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clinton Stock Yards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |