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 Rodden (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 Rodden. 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.
Rodden 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 Rodden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rodden:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Rodden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Menominee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Apple River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- East Dubuque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Warren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Blackhawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Polsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Savanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Center Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Hickory Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Mount Carroll
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wacker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Argo Fay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Thomson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Loran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Yellow Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 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 <1>
- Pearl City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McConnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Teeds Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Elk River Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Goose Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Charlotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tenmile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Delmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sixmile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Wilkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Zwingle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Key West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Dubuque
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Sageville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Bernard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Durango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(28 miles [45.1 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 Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Smiths
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Donatus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- La Motte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Spragueville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Miles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Hazel Green
(15 miles [24.1 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rutledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Dickeyville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Platteville
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- New Diggings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Shullsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Gratiot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Elk Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- 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
- South Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Wiota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Calamine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rodden, see our County-by-County Page for Rodden.
Cemeteries Near Rodden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rodden.
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 Rodden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rodden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Log Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Weston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill Cemetery
- The Prospect Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prospect Hill Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hanover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1156087 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weinert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spruce Creek Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Efferding Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Rodden had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rodden, with the one closest to Rodden listed first.
- Blanding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aiken
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Smiths
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schapville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schapville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schapville
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Galena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Millbrig ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrig is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrig
- Massbach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Massbach is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach
- Saint Donatus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rodden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rodden.
Newspapers Published in Rodden ...
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 165 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rodden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rodden, 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 Rodden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Rodden:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Stephenson County
- Clinton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Grant 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> | 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 Rodden, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rodden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |