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 Liberty (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 Liberty. 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.
New Liberty 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 Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Liberty:
- Scott County (The home county of New Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Big Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Hickory Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Durant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Donahue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Eldridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Sunbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(5 miles [8 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lime City
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Tipton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Clarence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stanwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Cedar Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Centerdale
(22 miles [35.4 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 New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Calamus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- 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
- Grand Mound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Lost Nation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Witt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Elwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Delmar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Folletts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Charlotte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- 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
- Maquoketa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Oasis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elmira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Morse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Midway ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Olin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Onslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Center Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Linn County
- Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- South Towne Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Moscow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Midway Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Atalissa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Muscatine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Fruitland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Eliza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Petersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Andalusia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Edgington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Moline
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Taylor Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Moline
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Coyne Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Coal Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for New Liberty.
Cemeteries Near New Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Liberty.
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 Liberty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- New Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Inland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Farmington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homigrahusen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moneka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Allens Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Alger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, New Liberty had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Liberty had a population of 143 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Liberty, with the one closest to New Liberty listed first.
- Big Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Bennett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Durant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Calamus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Lowden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Donahue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lime City
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- 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
- Pleasant Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Tipton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Liberty.
Newspapers Published in New Liberty ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Liberty, 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 Liberty.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 New Liberty:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Muscatine County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island 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 Liberty, 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- New Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |