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 Malone (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 Malone. 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 doctors and 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.
Malone 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 Malone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Malone:
- Clinton County (The home county of Malone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Low Moor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elvira
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- De Witt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Folletts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Shaffton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Camanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Charlotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sixmile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Tenmile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- North Welton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Grand Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Lowden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bennett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Sunbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Miles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spragueville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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
- Maquoketa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sabula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Andrew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Baldwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- McCausland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Noel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Park View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donahue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Le Claire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Panorama Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Dixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Bettendorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Thomson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Savanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Hickory Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Ideal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Wacker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Fair Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fair Haven is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Center Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Blackhawk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Green Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Geneseo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Cordova
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Byron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Rapids City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barstow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carbon Cliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Moline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Silvis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Joslin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Rock Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rustic Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] 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>
- Newton Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Fenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Erie
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Morrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Denrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Lyndon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prophetstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Malone, see our County-by-County Page for Malone.
Cemeteries Near Malone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malone.
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 Malone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Malone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Pehlam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Prairie Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers - Dannatt - Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cousin - Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McCausland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elvira Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is located outside and to the north of De Witt.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shaffton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Fessler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Malone had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- McCausland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Low Moor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elvira
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- De Witt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gambrill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gambrill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrill
- Folletts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Noel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Chaney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chaney is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Camanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Welton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Charlotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grand Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cordova
(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 Malone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malone.
Newspapers Published in Malone ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malone, 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 Malone.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Malone:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Carroll County
- Henry 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 Malone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Malone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |