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 Pleasant Creek (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 Pleasant Creek. 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 Pleasant Creek ...
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 Pleasant Creek: Pleasant Crk. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Ck. or Pleasant Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Creek.
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.
Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clinton, Dubuque, Jones, Carroll (IL) & Jo Daviess (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Creek:
- Jackson County (The home county of Pleasant Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Van Buren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Smiths
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Spragueville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Miles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cottonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- La Motte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sabula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Teeds Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Goose Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bryant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Charlotte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Andover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Tenmile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Delmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Sixmile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- North Welton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Elvira
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Elwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Wilkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Zwingle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Massey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Washington Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Cattese
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Key West
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Bernard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dubuque
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Asbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Centralia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Peosta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones County
- Clay Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Arnold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Polsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Hickory Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Center Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Wacker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Mount Carroll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thomson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Hanover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Elizabeth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Pleasant Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Scales Mound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Menominee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Stockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Dubuque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Apple River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Loran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Pearl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- East Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Hazel Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Cuba City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Rutledge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- New Diggings
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Creek.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Creek.
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 Pleasant Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Hazen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Springbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dyas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monner Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Homan Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Homan Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heim Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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, Pleasant Creek had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Creek, with the one closest to Pleasant Creek listed first.
- Green Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanding
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- North Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Van Buren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Smiths
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Spragueville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marcus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rodden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rodden is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Miles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sterling is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Lainsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lainsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lainsville
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Creek.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Creek ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Creek, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Creek.
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 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 Pleasant Creek:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Dubuque County
- Jones County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson County
- Whiteside County
- Grant 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> | 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 Pleasant Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |