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 South Towne Park (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 South Towne Park. 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 South Towne Park ...
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 South Towne Park: S. Towne Park
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.
South Towne Park is located in Muscatine 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 Muscatine County: Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Scott & Rock Island (IL).
Below are the counties that are near South Towne Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Towne Park:
- Muscatine County (The home county of South Towne Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Wilton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moscow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Atalissa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Muscatine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Midway Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- West Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fruitland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Nichols
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Conesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Lime City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Sunbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Springdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tipton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Centerdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Buchanan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Downey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- West Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lowden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Wheatland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Calamus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Toronto
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Grand Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Nation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- De Witt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Oasis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Lone Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Midway ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Morse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- River Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Iowa City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- University Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Solon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Hale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Olin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- Lisbon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Letts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Gladwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Columbus Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wapello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Columbus City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Durant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Blue Grass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Big Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donahue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Davenport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eldridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Long Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Washington County
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mercer County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Eliza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Petersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Marston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Mannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mannon is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannon
- Joy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- New Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Preemption
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Matherville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Illinois City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Andalusia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Taylor Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Coyne Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Coal Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Moline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Towne Park, see our County-by-County Page for South Towne Park.
Cemeteries Near South Towne Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Towne Park.
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 South Towne Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Towne Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wildsan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wildasin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Doran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moscow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Healey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Klein Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Melpine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Durant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lime City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitmer 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.<2>
While we didn't find South Towne Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Towne Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Towne Park, with the one closest to South Towne Park listed first.
- Moscow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Durant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lime City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Atalissa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Muscatine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Montpelier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Towne Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Towne Park.
Newspapers Published in South Towne Park ...
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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Towne Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Towne Park, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Towne Park.
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 South Towne Park:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Muscatine County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Louisa County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island 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 South Towne Park, 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 from Point A (ie- South Towne Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |