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 Shawondasse (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 Shawondasse. 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 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.
Shawondasse 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 Shawondasse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shawondasse:
- Dubuque County (The home county of Shawondasse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Massey
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Wilkins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Key West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Dubuque
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sageville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Zwingle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Durango
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Peosta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Clinton County
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Delaware County
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Motte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smiths
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Cottonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garry Owen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Andrew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Springbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Crab Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Ironhills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Emeline
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Jones County
- Clay Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Blackhawk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Menominee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- East Dubuque
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Galena Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Scales Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Apple River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Rutledge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Hazel Green
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Dickeyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Cuba City
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Tennyson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Platteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Cassville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Beetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Iowa County (WI)
- Rewey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 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
- New Diggings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Elk Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Gratiot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Calamine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shawondasse, see our County-by-County Page for Shawondasse.
Cemeteries Near Shawondasse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shawondasse.
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 Shawondasse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shawondasse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Preston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mines of Spain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Presentation Sisters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rooney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- French Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Third Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (291 more) ...
- Federman Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Shawondasse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shawondasse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shawondasse, with the one closest to Shawondasse listed first.
- Massey
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- King
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- King is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Cattese
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Menominee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- East Dubuque
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Key West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Dubuque
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Donatus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sinsinawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sinsinawa is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinsinawa
- Fair Play
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fair Play is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Ballyclough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ballyclough is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballyclough
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Center Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Grove is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Bennettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shawondasse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shawondasse.
Newspapers Published in Shawondasse ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shawondasse.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shawondasse, 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 Shawondasse.
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 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 Shawondasse:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dubuque County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess 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> | 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 Shawondasse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shawondasse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |