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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pine Mills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pine Mills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pine Mills, 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 Pine Mills (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 Pine Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Mills: Pine Mls. (or less commonly used: Pine Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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 Pine Mills is historic, it would have been located within present day Muscatine 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 Muscatine County: Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Scott & Rock Island (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Pine Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Mills:
- Muscatine County (The home county of Pine Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Midway Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Fairport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Pleasant Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Muscatine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Towne Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fruitland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Atalissa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Conesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Sunbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Lime City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Bennett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Cedar Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Downey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Lowden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- West Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Calamus
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Grand Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toronto
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- Lone Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Grandview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Letts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wapello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Oakville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Columbus Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elrick Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
- Columbus City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Gladwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Davenport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Donahue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bettendorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Eldridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Briar Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Orion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Lynn Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ophiem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ophiem is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
- Morristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Marston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Eliza
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Petersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Mannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mannon is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannon
- Joy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Joy is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joy <2>
- Preemption
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aledo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Matherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shale City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- New Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sherrard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilchrist
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilchrist is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Viola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Illinois City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Andalusia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edgington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Buffalo Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Taylor Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Rock Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coyne Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Moline
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Coal Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Moline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Mills.
Cemeteries Near Pine Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Mills.
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 Pine Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Dodge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nye Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montpelier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Parr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Krell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Illinois City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Melpine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Grass Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Doran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert 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.
Pine Mills itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Mills, with the one closest to Pine Mills listed first.
- Fairport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Pleasant Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Montpelier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Montpelier is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Illinois City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edgington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Andalusia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Muscatine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Durant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Mills.
Newspapers Published in Pine Mills ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Mills, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Mills.
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 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 Pine Mills:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Muscatine County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Louisa County
- Scott County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island 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 Pine Mills, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |