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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 Lynn Center (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 Lynn Center. 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 Lynn Center ...

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 Lynn Center: Lynn Ctr. (or less commonly used: Lynn Cen., Lynn Cent. or Lynn Cntr.)

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 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.

Lynn Center is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Bureau, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark & Whiteside.

Below are the counties that are near Lynn Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lynn Center:

  • Henry County     (The home county of Lynn Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Andover
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Ophiem
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophiem is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
    • Orion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Osco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Morristown is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Alpha
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cambridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Woodhull
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Briar Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Bluff
    • Colona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Green Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Green Rock is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
    • Dayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Dayton is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Bishop Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bureau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Mineral
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Neponset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Rio
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Altona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oneida
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Henderson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Henderson Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Grove
    • Wataga
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Victoria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Galesburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Galesburg is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Galesburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Knox
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Knox is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Appleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
    • Knoxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dahinda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Griffin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Griffin is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • New Windsor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
    • Windsor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
    • Sherrard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Preemption
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Viola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Matherville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Gilchrist
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilchrist is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
    • North Henderson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Shale City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Shale City is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
    • Burgess
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Burgess is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
    • Alexis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Norwood is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Peoria County
    • Elmore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmore is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Rock Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Coal Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coyne Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
    • Oak Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Carbon Cliff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rustic Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
    • Silvis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Silvis is located in Rock Island County
      • 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • East Moline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • East Moline is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
    • Milan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Milan is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
    • Moline
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Moline is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
    • Reynolds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rock Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • La Fayette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Toulon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Jersey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Jersey is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
    • Osceola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Shanghai City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Shanghai City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai City
    • Utah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Utah is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah
    • Gerlaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Surrey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Surrey is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
    • Eleanor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Eleanor is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
    • Little York
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cameron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Monmouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiteside County
    • Erie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Erie is located in Whiteside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
  • Muscatine County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Midway Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
    • Pine Mills ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
    • Fairport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fairport is located in Muscatine County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Pleasant Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
  • Scott County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.
    • Riverdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Riverdale is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Panorama Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Bettendorf
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Le Claire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Davenport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <1>
    • Blue Grass
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Eldridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Park View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Park View is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
    • Long Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Maysville
      (30 miles [48.3 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

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lynn Center, see our County-by-County Page for Lynn Center.

Cemeteries Near Lynn Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lynn Center.

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 Lynn Center - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lynn Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.

  • Lynn Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Grace Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Andover Twp. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Swedona Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Orion Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Western Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Western Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Twp. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Western Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Orion.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108818 <2>
  • Green Bush Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bush Cemetery
    • The Green Bush Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Brush Hill Cemetery
    • Brushwood Cemetery
    • Greenbush Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105908 <2>
  • Alpha Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Merryman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Windsor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit Level Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clover Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lynn Center had a population of 124 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lynn Center, with the one closest to Lynn Center listed first.

  • Andover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Swedona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Swedona is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedona
  • Orion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Osco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Griffin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Griffin is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • New Windsor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
  • Alpha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sunny Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunny Hill is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
  • Morristown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Warner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Warner is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
  • Cable
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cable is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
  • Cambridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Ulah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ulah is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
    • Coal Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Briar Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
      • 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 Lynn Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lynn Center.

Newspapers Published in Lynn Center ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lynn Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lynn Center, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lynn Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lynn Center:

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 Lynn Center, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lynn Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.