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 Grove (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 Grove. 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 Grove ...
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 Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Dubuque County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Epworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Peosta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bernard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Washington Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Worthington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Dyersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Osterdock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Wood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Guttenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garber is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Elkport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Elwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Lost Nation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Rockville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hopkinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Earlville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Delhi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Almoral
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Delaware
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Colesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Greeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Golden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Golden is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Garry Owen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- La Motte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Emeline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Crab Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Ironhills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Saint Donatus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cottonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Monmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Clay Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Onslow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Center Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Langworthy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Amber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Argand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Argand is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
- Wyoming
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Anamosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Stone City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Linn County
- Prairieburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- East Dubuque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Aiken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Bremen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Rutledge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Cassville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Dickeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Potosi
(23 miles [37 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
- Tennyson
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Hazel Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Beetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- North Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Cuba City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- St. Johns Catholic Placid Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Epworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Michael Schmitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peosta Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hogan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Johns Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Melleray Abbey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Annunciation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Epworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Kidder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kidder is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Peosta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bernard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Graf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bankston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Washington Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Julien
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Julien is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julien
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Worthington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Bennettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bennettsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Ballyclough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ballyclough is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballyclough
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, 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 Grove.
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 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dubuque County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Jo Daviess 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 Grove, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |