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 Ginger Hill (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 Ginger Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Ginger Hill is located in Rock Island County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rock Island County: Clinton (IA), Louisa (IA), Muscatine (IA), Scott (IA), Henry, Mercer & Whiteside.
Below are the counties that are near Ginger Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ginger Hill:
- Rock Island County (The home county of Ginger Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Milan
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Coyne Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
- Rock Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Moline is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
- Andalusia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carbon Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silvis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Briar Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
- Colona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Orion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dayton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Morristown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Lynn Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ophiem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ophiem is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
- Hickory Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Osco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Rio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Henderson Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Grove
- Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Altona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Preemption
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sherrard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Matherville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Griffin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Griffin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Marston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marston is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Shale City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Gilchrist
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilchrist is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Viola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
- Aledo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burgess is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Shanghai City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shanghai City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai City
- Little York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteside County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Sunbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Bennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lime City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Folletts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Folletts is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folletts
- Shaffton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaffton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffton
- De Witt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grand Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Low Moor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calamus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Camanche
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Muscatine County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Midway Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Pleasant Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Fairport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Stockton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- South Towne Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Muscatine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <1>
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fruitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Scott County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Davenport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bettendorf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Panorama Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Pleasant Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Grass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eldridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Le Claire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Walcott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ginger Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Ginger Hill.
Cemeteries Near Ginger Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ginger Hill.
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 Ginger Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ginger Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Dickson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chippiannock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- William Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock River View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davenport (IA).
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davenport City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1180104 <2>
- Oakleaf Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island County Fome Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Coal Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Post Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Ginger Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ginger Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ginger Hill, with the one closest to Ginger Hill listed first.
- Milan
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Preemption
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunny Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunny Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Andalusia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reynolds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edgington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Warner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Warner is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ginger Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ginger Hill.
Newspapers Published in Ginger Hill ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ginger Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ginger Hill, 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 Ginger Hill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ginger Hill:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Rock Island County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Henry County
- Knox County
- Mercer County
- Warren County
- Whiteside County
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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 Ginger Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ginger Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |