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 Morseville (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 Morseville. 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 doctors and 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.
Morseville is located in 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 Morseville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morseville:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Morseville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Stockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Nora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Apple River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Scales Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Bremen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Polsgrove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Zier Cors
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Mount Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Center Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Lanark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Savanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ogle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Harper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Baileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brookville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Forreston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haldane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haldane is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldane
- Adeline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adeline is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Maryland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Buffalo Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Grove is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Egan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Egan is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Polo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loran
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Pearl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bolton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- McConnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Winslow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Whiteside County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- White Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
- Coleta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Elk River Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Teeds Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Bryant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Tenmile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Dubuque County (IA)
- Wilkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Sabula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Smiths
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Miles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spragueville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Donatus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Hazel Green
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Green County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Cadiz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Browntown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Browntown is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Twin Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Gratiot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- South Wayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- White Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Wiota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Shullsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Woodford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- New Diggings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morseville, see our County-by-County Page for Morseville.
Cemeteries Near Morseville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morseville.
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 Morseville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morseville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Blair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plum River Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs Grove Cemetery
- The Kelloggs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Hawk Monument Cemetery
- Blackhawk Monument Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180780 <2>
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kent Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Lutheran Cemetery
- The Kent Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kent Cemetery
- Kent United Baptist Cemetery
- Old Liberal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106432 <2>
- Loran Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran Methodist Cemetery
- The Loran Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Loran Cemetery
- Loran Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howardsille Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Chelsea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holley Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Morseville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morseville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
- Stockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Loran
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Massbach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Massbach is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach
- Lena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Waddams Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waddams Grove is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddams Grove
- Nora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eleroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bolton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Schapville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Schapville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schapville
- Mount Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morseville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morseville.
Newspapers Published in Morseville ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morseville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morseville, 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 Morseville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Morseville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Whiteside County
- Clinton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Lafayette 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morseville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Morseville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |