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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Millbrig. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Millbrig to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Millbrig, please Contact Us.
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 Millbrig (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 Millbrig. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Millbrig is historic, it would have been located within present day Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County: Dubuque (IA), Jackson (IA), Carroll, Stephenson, Grant (WI) & Lafayette (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Millbrig. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millbrig:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Millbrig)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bremen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Menominee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Scales Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- East Dubuque
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Blackhawk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Polsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Savanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <2>
- Yellow Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Wilkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Dubuque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Key West
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Sageville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Zwingle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Durango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Smiths
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Saint Donatus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Springbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Andrew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Cuba City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Dickeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Platteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Tennyson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Annaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Annaton is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Iowa County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Rewey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 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
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Elk Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Gratiot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Calamine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Wiota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millbrig, see our County-by-County Page for Millbrig.
Cemeteries Near Millbrig ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millbrig.
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 Millbrig - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millbrig covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Grant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Council Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miners Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Galena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108003 <3>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Galena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105926 <3>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Singers Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Citzens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- White Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
Millbrig itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millbrig, with the one closest to Millbrig listed first.
- Council Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Strawbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Strawbridge is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Menominee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Galena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Scales Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lead Mine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Sinsinawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sinsinawa is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinsinawa
- Aiken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millbrig. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millbrig.
Newspapers Published in Millbrig ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millbrig.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millbrig, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millbrig.
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 Millbrig:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Stephenson County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Millbrig, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Millbrig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |