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 McGargels Ford (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 McGargels Ford. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for McGargels Ford ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for McGargels Ford: McGargels Frd.
- While the name of this community is McGargels Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McGargels Ford may originally have been McGargel's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McGargels Ford might be written as McGargel Ford.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the 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.
McGargels Ford is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson & Linn.
Below are the counties that are near McGargels Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGargels Ford:
- Jones County (The home county of McGargels Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Clay Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Wyoming
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Amber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Langworthy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Hale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Oxford Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Olin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Anamosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Clarence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lowden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stanwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Clayton County
- North Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Lost Nation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Toronto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Delmar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Wheatland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- North Welton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Calamus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Charlotte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Rockville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hopkinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Earlville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Almoral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Holy Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Ryan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Ehler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ehler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehler
- Golden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Golden is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Fillmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Cascade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bernard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Zwingle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Epworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Farley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peosta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Worthington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Centralia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Graf
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bankston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Canton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Garry Owen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Crab Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Emeline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Monmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Buckhorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- La Motte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cottonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Andrew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Prairieburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Springville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- East Dubuque
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Menominee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Aiken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <2>
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Rutledge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGargels Ford, see our County-by-County Page for McGargels Ford.
Cemeteries Near McGargels Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGargels Ford.
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 McGargels Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGargels Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- St. Peters Temple Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ozark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- English Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tracy Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Cascade.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Martin's Catholic Cemetery
- St. Martin's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143983 <3>
- Cascade Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cascade Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Cascade.
- The Cascade Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cascade City Cemetery
- Cascade Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966304 <3>
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- North Mineral Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Griffin Estate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crabb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find McGargels Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McGargels Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGargels Ford, with the one closest to McGargels Ford listed first.
- Temple Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Temple Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Clay Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Canton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Ozark ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Fillmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Cascade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emeline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Bernard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ironhills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Scotch Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Monmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Center Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGargels Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGargels Ford.
Newspapers Published in McGargels Ford ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGargels Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGargels Ford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGargels Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 McGargels Ford:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clayton County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Linn County
- Jo Daviess County
- Grant County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 McGargels Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- McGargels Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |