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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 Sherrill (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 Sherrill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sherrill 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 Sherrill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherrill:

  • Dubuque County     (The home county of Sherrill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Durango
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Balltown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Balltown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rickardsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Sageville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sageville is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Waupeton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Asbury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Asbury is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
    • Graf
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Graf is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Centralia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Centralia is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Dubuque
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Holy Cross
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Key West
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bankston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bankston is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
  • Clayton County
  • Delaware County
  • Jackson County
  • Jones County
    • Clay Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Clay Mills is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
  • Jo Daviess County (IL)
  • Grant County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Sinnipee ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Potosi
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tennyson
      (7 miles [11.3 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
    • Rutledge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dickeyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
    • Jamestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cassville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cuba City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
    • Lancaster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • North Andover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazel Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
    • Platteville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
  • Iowa County (WI)
    • Rewey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lafayette County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Benton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
    • Elk Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Etna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • New Diggings
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Belmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • White Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Shullsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • 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 Sherrill, see our County-by-County Page for Sherrill.

Cemeteries Near Sherrill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherrill.

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 Sherrill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherrill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sherrill had a population of 35 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Sherrill had a population of 173 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.

  • Durango
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rickardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
  • Balltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lore is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lore
  • Sageville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sageville is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Cameron
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cameron is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Cottage Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
  • McCartney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McCartney is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
  • Potosi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waupeton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Burton is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
  • Graf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Graf is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Julien
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Julien is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julien
    • Center Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Center Grove is located in Dubuque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
    • Rutledge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherrill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherrill.

Newspapers Published in Sherrill ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherrill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherrill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherrill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Sherrill:

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 Sherrill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherrill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.