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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Quashquema. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Quashquema to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Quashquema, 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 Quashquema (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 Quashquema. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Quashquema is historic, it would have been located within present day Hancock 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 Hancock County: Lee (IA), Adams, Henderson, McDonough, Schuyler, Clark (MO) & Lewis (MO).

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

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Quashquema)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Nauvoo
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Powellton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Powellton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Niota
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pontoosuc
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pontoosuc is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Adrian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Colusa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hamilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dallas City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elvaston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ferris
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Warsaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Burnside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Burnside is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
    • Carthage
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Lima
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Loraine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Meyer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Meyer is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
    • Marcelline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Marcelline is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcelline
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Lomax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Lomax is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lomax <2>
    • Iowa Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
    • Carman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Terre Haute
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Terre Haute is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
    • Gulf Port
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulf Port is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Olena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Olena is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
    • Stronghurst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McDonough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Blandinsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • VIshnu Springs ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • VIshnu Springs is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VIshnu Springs
    • Colmar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Colmar is located in McDonough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmar
    • Tennessee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Des Moines County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Patterson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Patterson is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
    • Middletown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Middletown is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Danville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Danville is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
    • West Burlington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burlington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Burlington is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <2>
    • Kline
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Kline is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Dodgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • Sperry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sperry is located in Des Moines County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
  • Henry County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Lowell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lowell is located in Henry County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Salem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Salem is located in Henry County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
    • New London
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hillsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillsboro is located in Henry County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Oakland Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland Mills is located in Henry County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
    • Mount Pleasant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lee County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Montrose
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Galland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
    • Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeffersonville is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
    • Sandusky
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Fort Madison
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Boston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • New Boston is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Charleston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Charleston is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Keokuk
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Keokuk is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokuk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,090 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keokuk <2>
    • Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sawyer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sawyer is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Former names for Sawyer:
      • Atlee
      • Edwards
    • Franklin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklin is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Vincennes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
    • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Van Buren County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Farmington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bonaparte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Sterling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Clark County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Saint Francisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
    • Alexandria
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dumas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
    • Wayland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayland is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Revere
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Athens
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Peaksville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
    • Clark City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Clark City is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
    • Kahoka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Kahoka is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahoka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kahoka <2>
    • Anson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Anson is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
    • Chambersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Chambersburg is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
    • Medill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Medill is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
    • Acasto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Acasto is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
  • Lewis County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quashquema, with the one closest to Quashquema listed first.
    • Canton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Canton is located in Lewis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
    • Williamstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Williamstown is located in Lewis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown

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

Cemeteries Near Quashquema ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quashquema.

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 Quashquema - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dundey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Nauvoo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Nauvoo Old Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Indian Princess Grave
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Barnabas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Nauvoo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Nauvoo Cemetery
    • The Old Nauvoo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Marks Cemetery
    • Miller Hill Cemetery
    • Old Mormon Cemetery
    • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    • Parley Street Cemetery
    • Pioneer Burial Grounds
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Pioneer Saint Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107486 <3>
  • F Simonin Grounds Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Boyd & Peevler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Galland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (433 more) ...
    • Moon Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dudley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Colvin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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.

While we didn't find Quashquema in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Quashquema.

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

  • Nauvoo
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Montrose
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Clare
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Clare is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
  • Galland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
  • Bullard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bullard is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard
  • Sonora ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
  • Sandusky
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
  • Viele
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Viele is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viele
  • Summitville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
  • Powellton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Powellton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Niota
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Madison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • New Boston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • New Boston is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Mooar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mooar is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooar
    • Charleston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Charleston is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quashquema. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quashquema.

Newspapers Published in Quashquema ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quashquema.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quashquema, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quashquema.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Quashquema:

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