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 Port Louisa (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 Port Louisa. 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 Port Louisa ...
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 Port Louisa: Prt. Louisa
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Port Louisa is located in Louisa 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 Louisa County: Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Muscatine, Washington, Mercer (IL) & Rock Island (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Port Louisa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Louisa:
- Louisa County (The home county of Port Louisa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Wapello
(5 miles [8 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
- Letts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elrick Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
- Oakville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morning Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Columbus City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cotter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Gladwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Wyman
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Lime City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Downey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Centerdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Springdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Des Moines County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Mediapolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Yarmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Sperry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sperry is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
- Dodgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Kline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kline is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- West Burlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Olds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Swedesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- New London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Lone Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Muscatine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Fairport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Midway Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Atalissa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- West Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- South Towne Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Buffalo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Grass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ainsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Havre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coppock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Henderson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Milroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milroy is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Oquawka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rozetta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rozetta is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozetta
- Gladstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gulf Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Biggsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Biggsville is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mannon is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannon
- Eliza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Petersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Joy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Keithsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Seaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aledo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sunbeam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunbeam is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Shale City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Burgess
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burgess is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Gilchrist
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilchrist is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Buffalo Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Illinois City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Edgington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Andalusia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Little York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eleanor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eleanor is located in Warren County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Louisa, see our County-by-County Page for Port Louisa.
Cemeteries Near Port Louisa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Louisa.
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 Port Louisa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Louisa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Port Louisa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilson Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Louisa County Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hardman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wapello Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mallory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brockway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wagner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Port Louisa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Louisa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Louisa, with the one closest to Port Louisa listed first.
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Wapello
(5 miles [8 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
- Toolesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toolesboro is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toolesboro
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Letts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Mannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mannon is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannon
- Eliza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Oakville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Petersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Morning Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Louisa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Louisa.
Newspapers Published in Port Louisa ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Louisa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Louisa, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Louisa.
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 Port Louisa:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Louisa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Des Moines County
- Henry County
- Johnson County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Henderson County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island County
- Warren 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 Port Louisa, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port Louisa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |