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 La Motte (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 La Motte. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
La Motte is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties 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 La Motte. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to La Motte:
- Jackson County (The home county of La Motte)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Donatus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Donatus
- Saint Donatus is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Donatus <2>
- Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew
- Andrew is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrew <2>
- Bellevue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <2>
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Garry Owen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Springbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Springbrook is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springbrook <2>
- Crab Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Ironhills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Maquoketa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maquoketa
- Maquoketa is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,924 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maquoketa <2>
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Baldwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Baldwin is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin <2>
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Delmar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Delmar is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <2>
- Elwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Charlotte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Charlotte is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <2>
- Lost Nation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Nation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Lost Nation is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lost Nation <2>
- Goose Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- North Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Bryant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Teeds Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Andover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Tenmile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Rockville
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Zwingle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Bernard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernard
- Bernard is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernard <2>
- Cattese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Key West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Rockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Dubuque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
- Dubuque is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dubuque <2>
- Peosta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peosta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peosta
- Peosta is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peosta <2>
- Fillmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Asbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Centralia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Sageville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Epworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Epworth is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epworth <2>
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Onslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onslow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onslow
- Onslow is located in Jones County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onslow <2>
- Wyoming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Wyoming is located in Jones County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <2>
- Center Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Oxford Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Jones County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <2>
- Hale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Amber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Blackhawk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Marcus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Savanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna
- Savanna is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,777 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savanna <2>
- Ayers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Aiken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Galena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <2>
- East Dubuque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dubuque
- East Dubuque is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Dubuque <2>
- Menominee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Hanover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Hanover is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <2>
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Elizabeth is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <2>
- Scales Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scales Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales Mound
- Scales Mound is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scales Mound <2>
- Apple River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple River
- Apple River is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple River <2>
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Rutledge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Hazel Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Dickeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Cuba City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Potosi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Tennyson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - New Diggings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Gratiot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shullsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Elk Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to La Motte, see our County-by-County Page for La Motte.
Newspapers Published in La Motte ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Motte.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Motte, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Motte.
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 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 La Motte:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //iowaculture.gov/history/
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Delaware County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dubuque County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jones County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carroll County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jo Daviess County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Iowa
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Iowa
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Iowa
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Iowa
Cemeteries Near La Motte ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Motte.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for La Motte covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Rosary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- East Hill Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Hill Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Hill Catholic Cemetery
- Dorr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dorr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dorr Cemetery
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Theresa Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130338 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the south of Zwingle.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94252 <5>
- Zwingle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zwingle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zwingle Cemetery
- Cottonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonville Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
- Presley Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presley Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presley Presbyterian Cemetery
- Assumption Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assumption Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- Sweezy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweezy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweezy Cemetery
- Country Poor Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Country Poor Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Country Poor Farm Cemetery
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Jackson County Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson County Cemetery
- French Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
- Rooney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rooney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rooney Cemetery
- Jackson County Cemetery
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that La Motte had a population of 154 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, La Motte had a population of 250 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from La Motte, with the one closest to La Motte listed first.
- Zwingle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Otter Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Jackson County
- Cottonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Saint Donatus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Donatus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Donatus
- Saint Donatus is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Donatus <2>
- Bennettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Bennettsville is located in Dubuque County
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Washington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew
- Andrew is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrew <2>
- North Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Smiths
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Massey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bellevue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <2>
- Ballyclough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballyclough have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballyclough
- Ballyclough is located in Dubuque County
- Galena Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Bellevue
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around La Motte. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Motte.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
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| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- La Motte) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Motte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2957, Longitude: -90.6234 In this case, the coordinates for La Motte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 La Motte, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |