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 Maysville (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 Maysville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Maysville is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine & Rock Island (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Maysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maysville:
- Scott County (The home county of Maysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Donahue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walcott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Park View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Noel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- New Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Blue Grass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Big Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Davenport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Sunbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lowden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stanwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Springdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Centerdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Calamus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Grand Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wheatland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- De Witt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Welton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Folletts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- North Welton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Toronto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Shaffton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Low Moor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Nation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Buckhorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Baldwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maquoketa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Hale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Midway Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- South Towne Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Muscatine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atalissa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fruitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Briar Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Hickory Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Orion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Lynn Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Marston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Preemption
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sherrard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matherville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eliza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Petersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Shale City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Griffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Rock Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Andalusia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Moline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- East Moline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Edgington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Taylor Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coyne Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Oak Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Silvis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Carbon Cliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteside County (IL)
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maysville, see our County-by-County Page for Maysville.
Cemeteries Near Maysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maysville.
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 Maysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Maysville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- O'Toole Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Linn Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walcott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kisenmacher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eldridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Grove Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mowder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Maysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maysville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Donahue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walcott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Long Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Mount Joy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Joy is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Blue Grass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- New Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Davenport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maysville.
Newspapers Published in Maysville ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maysville, 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 Maysville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Maysville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Muscatine County
- Henry County
- Mercer 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 Maysville, 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 from Point A (ie- Maysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |