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 Lyons (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 Lyons. 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.
Lyons 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 Lyons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyons:
- Clinton County (The home county of Lyons)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sixmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Camanche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Elvira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Tenmile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Low Moor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Teeds Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Shaffton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Folletts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Goose Lake
(12 miles [19.3 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 Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Sabula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Miles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Spragueville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Andrew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maquoketa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- McCausland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Princeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Le Claire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Park View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Noel ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Long Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Donahue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bettendorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bureau County (IL)
- Yorktown
(26 miles [41.8 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 Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Thomson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Ideal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Ayers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fair Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Haven is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Savanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Center Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Chadwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Cleveland
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Hickory Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hooppole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Geneseo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Pleasant Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hanover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Prairieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prairieville is located in Lee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ogle County (IL)
- Brookville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brookville is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Cordova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Joslin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Rapids City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rustic Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Carbon Cliff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Silvis
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Stephenson County (IL)
- Loran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Fulton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Union Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Newton Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Malvern
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Malvern is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
- White Pigeon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Denrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyons, see our County-by-County Page for Lyons.
Cemeteries Near Lyons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyons.
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 Lyons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Hess Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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>
- Mt. St. Claire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fulton Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Clinton.
- The St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- St. Irenaeus Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94394 <2>
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Clinton.
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Dierks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Lyons had a population of 5,799 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fulton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garden Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Plain is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
- Camanche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Thomson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elk River Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Almont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Almont is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
- Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Union Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Elvira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Low Moor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyons.
Newspapers Published in Lyons ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyons, 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 Lyons.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lyons:
- 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
- Lee County
- Ogle County
- Rock Island County
- Stephenson 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 Lyons, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lyons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |