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 Springbrook (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 Springbrook. 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 doctors and 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.
Springbrook is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clinton, Dubuque, Jones, Carroll (IL) & Jo Daviess (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Springbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springbrook:
- Jackson County (The home county of Springbrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Andrew
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spragueville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cottonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Green Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- North Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Van Buren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- La Motte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maquoketa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Delmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bryant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Teeds Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Tenmile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Elwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- North Welton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Elk River Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Sixmile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Zwingle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Wilkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Washington Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Massey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Bernard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Key West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Dubuque
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peosta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Clay Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Oxford Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Onslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- McCausland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Noel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ayers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Center Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Hickory Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Polsgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Wacker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Thomson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carroll
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Argo Fay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Hanover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Bremen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Elizabeth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Menominee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- East Dubuque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Scales Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apple River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- Loran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- East Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Spring Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Hazel Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Cuba City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- New Diggings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springbrook, see our County-by-County Page for Springbrook.
Cemeteries Near Springbrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springbrook.
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 Springbrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Springbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- St. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homan Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Homan Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Springbrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Monner Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heim Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herrig Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dark Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dark Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Schickel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Schmidt Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Springbrook had a population of 55 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Springbrook had a population of 140 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Springbrook, with the one closest to Springbrook listed first.
- Pleasant Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Andrew
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spragueville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Van Buren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Green Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Blanding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- North Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Browns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Browns is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Maquoketa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riggs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Miles
(11 miles [17.7 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 Springbrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springbrook.
Newspapers Published in Springbrook ...
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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springbrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springbrook, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Springbrook.
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 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 Springbrook:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Dubuque County
- Jones County
- Scott County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson County
- Whiteside County
- Grant 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> | 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 Springbrook, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Springbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |