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 New Dixon (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 New Dixon. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
New Dixon 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 New Dixon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Dixon:
- Scott County (The home county of New Dixon)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Dixon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Big Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Donahue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Maysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eldridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Durant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Park View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Blue Grass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Sunbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lowden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Clarence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Stanwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Springdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Mechanicsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Cedar Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Calamus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Grand Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Toronto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- De Witt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Welton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- North Welton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Lost Nation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Delmar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Folletts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Low Moor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Buckhorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Baldwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maquoketa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Monmouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ironhills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Preston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Spragueville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andrew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Crab Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Wyoming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Onslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Morley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- South Towne Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Atalissa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Muscatine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Green Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Colona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Marston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Preemption
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Rock Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Andalusia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Moline
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Cordova
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Moline
(23 miles [37 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
- Port Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Illinois City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Rapids City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silvis
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Whiteside County (IL)
- Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Dixon, see our County-by-County Page for New Dixon.
Cemeteries Near New Dixon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Dixon.
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 New Dixon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Dixon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Dixon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Allens Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mowder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kvindherred Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- New Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- O'Toole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maysville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find New Dixon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Dixon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Dixon, with the one closest to New Dixon listed first.
- Dixon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Buena Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Big Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- New Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Donahue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calamus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grand Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Durant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(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 New Dixon. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Dixon.
Newspapers Published in New Dixon ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Dixon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Dixon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Dixon.
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 New Dixon:
- 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 New Dixon, 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 from Point A (ie- New Dixon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |