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 Welton (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 Welton. 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 hospitals and 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.
Welton is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Cedar, Jackson, Jones, Scott, Carroll (IL), Rock Island (IL) & Whiteside (IL).
Below are the counties that are near Welton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welton:
- Clinton County (The home county of Welton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- North Welton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Delmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- De Witt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Calamus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Goose Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Elvira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Lost Nation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tenmile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Toronto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Lowden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bennett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Sunbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Clarence
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stanwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lime City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Zwingle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Washington Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Bernard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Maquoketa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Preston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spragueville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Andrew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Miles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Baldwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ironhills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Monmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Emeline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Oxford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Oxford Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Wyoming
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Onslow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Olin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Center Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Stockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- South Towne Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Noel ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- McCausland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Long Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Donahue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Park View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- Big Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Eldridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Hickory Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- New Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Thomson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Ayers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Marcus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Hickory Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Argo Fay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Center Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Cordova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- East Moline
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Rock Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Silvis
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Cliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Joslin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Whiteside County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Newton Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Corners is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Corners
- Spring Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welton, see our County-by-County Page for Welton.
Cemeteries Near Welton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welton.
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 Welton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Oak View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Welton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walrod Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dutton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is located outside and to the north of De Witt.
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Columbkille Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Welton had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Welton had a population of 148 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welton, with the one closest to Welton listed first.
- Grand Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Witt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riggs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Browns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Browns is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Calamus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Noel ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Malone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Malone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Maquoketa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gambrill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gambrill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Goose Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Elvira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- Lost Nation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welton.
Newspapers Published in Welton ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welton, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Welton:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess 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 Welton, 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' (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- Welton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |