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 McGregor (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 McGregor. 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.
McGregor is located in Clayton 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 Clayton County: Allamakee, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Winneshiek, Crawford (WI) & Grant (WI).
Below are the counties that are near McGregor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGregor:
- Clayton County (The home county of McGregor)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Marquette
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Farmersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Monona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garnavillo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clayton Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Saint Olaf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Guttenberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elkader
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allamakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Ion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waukon Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Harpers Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Volney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Waterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Rossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Dalby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Elon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Postville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Waukon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lycurgus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Colesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Edgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Waupeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Luxemburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Holy Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Clermont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Illyria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Illyria is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illyria
- Wadena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brainard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard
- Winneshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Frankville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Castalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Castalia is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ossian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Prairie du Chien
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Charme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Charme is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Eastman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Wauzeka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Boydtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Ferryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bell Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Gays Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Wyalusing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bagley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Millville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Patch Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Glen Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mount Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- North Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Woodman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Woodman is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mount Ida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Werley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Werley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Beetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Cassville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Richland County (WI)
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Vernon County (WI)
- Retreat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGregor, see our County-by-County Page for McGregor.
Cemeteries Near McGregor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGregor.
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 McGregor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGregor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Pt. Ann Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buell Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moody Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eastman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baylis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Chien Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ft. Crawford National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Gabriel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- French Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knapp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 McGregor had a population of 1,160 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, McGregor had a population of 826 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGregor, with the one closest to McGregor listed first.
- Prairie du Chien
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Yellow River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow River is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow River
- Giard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Giard is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giard
- Wyalusing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Beulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Ion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Waukon Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Bagley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Farmersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Charme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Charme is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Monona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garnavillo
(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 McGregor. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGregor.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of McGregor ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGregor.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of McGregor. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of McGregor and those printed in the larger area surrounding McGregor.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of McGregor.
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 helpful 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 McGregor:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clayton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allamakee County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Fayette County
- Winneshiek County
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Richland County
- Vernon 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 McGregor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McGregor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |