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 East Iron Hills (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 East Iron Hills. 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.
Name Variations for East Iron Hills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Iron Hills: E. Iron Hills
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
East Iron Hills is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clinton, Dubuque, Jones, Carroll (IL) & Jo Daviess (IL).
Below are the counties that are near East Iron Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Iron Hills:
- Jackson County (The home county of East Iron Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Ironhills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Crab Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Emeline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Buckhorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Maquoketa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andrew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Baldwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cottonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Garry Owen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Lowden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stanwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Elwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Delmar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Nation
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Toronto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- North Welton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Charlotte
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Calamus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Goose Lake
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Grand Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hopkinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Zwingle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Washington Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Bernard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Cascade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Key West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Massey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Peosta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cattese
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Rockdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Centralia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Clay Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Wyoming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford Junction
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Oxford Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Center Junction
(18 miles [29 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
- Olin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Langworthy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Morley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Big Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Noel ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- New Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Aiken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Dubuque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Menominee
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Iron Hills, see our County-by-County Page for East Iron Hills.
Cemeteries Near East Iron Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Iron Hills.
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 East Iron Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Iron Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Esgate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Iron Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Ironhills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woods Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beedle Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Willison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Said Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beedle Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Streets Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crabb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Tracy Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweezy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 East Iron Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Iron Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Iron Hills, with the one closest to East Iron Hills listed first.
- Ironhills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Emeline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Maquoketa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Andrew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Ozark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ozark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cottonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Zwingle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Clay Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Iron Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Iron Hills.
Newspapers Published in East Iron Hills ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Iron Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Iron Hills, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Iron Hills.
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 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 East Iron Hills:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jones County
- Scott County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Grant 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 East Iron Hills, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Iron Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |