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 O'Neill (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 O'Neill. 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 and hospitals 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.
O'Neill is located in Dubuque 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 Dubuque County: Clayton, Delaware, Jackson, Jones, Jo Daviess (IL) & Grant (WI).
Below are the counties that are near O'Neill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to O'Neill:
- Dubuque County (The home county of O'Neill)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Rickardsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Balltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Waupeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Sherrill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Durango
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bankston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Asbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Elkport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garber is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Wood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Clayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Garnavillo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Littleport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Clayton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Colesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Rockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Earlville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Almoral
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Greeley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Delaware
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Delhi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Garry Owen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Saint Donatus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- La Motte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Crab Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Smiths
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Clay Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- East Dubuque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Galena Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Aiken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Crawford County (WI)
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Potosi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Tennyson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Beetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Rutledge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- North Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Dickeyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Glen Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Iowa County (WI)
- Rewey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Elk Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to O'Neill, see our County-by-County Page for O'Neill.
Cemeteries Near O'Neill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of O'Neill.
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 O'Neill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for O'Neill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Richardsville Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottage Hill Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Assisi Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Congregational Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Floyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Durango Congregational Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sherrill UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find O'Neill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of O'Neill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from O'Neill, with the one closest to O'Neill listed first.
- Rickardsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Cottage Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Balltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Cameron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Waupeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Sherrill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCartney
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCartney is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Durango
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Bankston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Graf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Lore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lore
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burton is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around O'Neill. See our List of 1890's Communities around O'Neill.
Newspapers Published in O'Neill ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around O'Neill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of O'Neill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for O'Neill.
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 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 O'Neill:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dubuque County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Jo Daviess County
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette 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> | 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 O'Neill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- O'Neill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |