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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Noel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Noel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Noel, please Contact Us.
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 Noel (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 Noel. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Noel is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Noel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Noel:
- Scott County (The home county of Noel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Long Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Park View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Donahue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McCausland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Hickory Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Big Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walcott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Lowden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Clarence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lime City
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Stanwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- De Witt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Welton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Calamus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- North Welton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Folletts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Low Moor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shaffton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Elvira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Charlotte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camanche
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Maquoketa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Preston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Spragueville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Miles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Andrew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Ironhills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Springbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Emeline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Oxford Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Wyoming
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Stockton
(17 miles [27.4 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Midway Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- South Towne Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Carroll County (IL)
- Thomson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Green Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Orion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Geneseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Preemption
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sherrard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Cordova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 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 <2>
- Port Byron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Rock Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rapids City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Moline
(18 miles [29 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
- Silvis
(19 miles [30.6 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 <2>
- Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Barstow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Cliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Andalusia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,285 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <2>
- Newton Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Erie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Erie is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <2>
- Fenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Noel, see our County-by-County Page for Noel.
Cemeteries Near Noel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Noel.
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 Noel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Noel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- St. Anns Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Long Grove Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eldridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is located outside and to the north of De Witt.
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Allens Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
Noel itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Gambrill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gambrill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrill
- Long Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Donahue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McCausland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Malone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Malone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Mount Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Welton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Calamus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Folletts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Low Moor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Noel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Noel.
Newspapers Published in Noel ...
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 152 newspapers that have been published in the area around Noel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Noel, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Noel.
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 websites either 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 Noel:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Muscatine County
- Carroll County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island County
- Whiteside County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Noel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Noel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |