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 Sherton Heights (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 Sherton Heights. 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 Sherton Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sherton Heights: Sherton Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 and hospitals 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.
Sherton Heights is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine & Rock Island (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Sherton Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherton Heights:
- Scott County (The home county of Sherton Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Pleasant Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Panorama Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Le Claire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Bettendorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davenport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Park View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- McCausland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Donahue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Sunbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Folletts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Shaffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- Low Moor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Camanche
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elvira
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Grand Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Welton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Calamus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- North Welton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Tenmile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Midway Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Stockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Fairport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- South Towne Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bureau County (IL)
- Yorktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yorktown is located in Bureau County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Carroll County (IL)
- Thomson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Green Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Briar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Morristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Orion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Geneseo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Sherrard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Preemption
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Griffin is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Matherville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Windsor is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
- Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Gilchrist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gilchrist is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shale City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
- Port Byron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rapids City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Moline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
- Silvis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Silvis is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <1>
- Barstow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
- Coal Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Joslin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Rustic Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Rock Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Erie is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
- Newton Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- East Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Fenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pratt is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Denrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denrock is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denrock
- Prophetstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Union Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Lyndon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherton Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Sherton Heights.
Cemeteries Near Sherton Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherton Heights.
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 Sherton Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherton Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hampton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- LeClaire Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fenno Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- State Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yost Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Rapids City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jacks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Sherton Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherton Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherton Heights, with the one closest to Sherton Heights listed first.
- Pleasant Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
- Rapids City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Le Claire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Byron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barstow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Davenport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Coal Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherton Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherton Heights.
Newspapers Published in Sherton Heights ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherton Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherton Heights, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherton Heights.
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 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 Sherton Heights:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Muscatine County
- Bureau County
- Carroll County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island County
- Whiteside 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 Sherton Heights, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sherton Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |