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 Millrock (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 Millrock. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Millrock is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clinton, Dubuque, Jones, Carroll (IL) & Jo Daviess (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Millrock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millrock:
- Jackson County (The home county of Millrock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Baldwin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Monmouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Buckhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Emeline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Maquoketa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Crab Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Andrew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garry Owen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Cottonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Lowden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Mechanicsville
(23 miles [37 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
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Lime City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Lost Nation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Toronto
(10 miles [16.1 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Calamus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Welton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Grand Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- De Witt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Hopkinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Bernard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Washington Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Fillmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Zwingle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Cascade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Epworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peosta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Worthington
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Farley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Key West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Massey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Hale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Center Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Olin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Amber
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Langworthy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Big Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- New Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Noel ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Donahue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Long Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McCausland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Park View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Walcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eldridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Aiken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millrock, see our County-by-County Page for Millrock.
Cemeteries Near Millrock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millrock.
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 Millrock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millrock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Foley Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baldwin Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hershberger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hershberger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Lost Nation.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94582 <3>
- Pence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smithtown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Lost Nation.
- The Smithtown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smithtown Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #786005 <3>
- Busch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhorn Waterford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Griffin Estate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Goddard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goddard Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Maquoketa.
- The Goddard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Godard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94880 <3>
- English Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lost Nation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Millrock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millrock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millrock, with the one closest to Millrock listed first.
- Baldwin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Monmouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Lost Nation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Ironhills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Emeline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Oxford Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Ozark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ozark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Oxford Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Maquoketa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Massillon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massillon is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millrock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millrock.
Newspapers Published in Millrock ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millrock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millrock, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millrock.
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 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 Millrock:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Scott County
- Jo Daviess 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> | 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- Millrock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Millrock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |