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 Schapville (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 Schapville. 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.
Schapville 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 Schapville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schapville:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Schapville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Elizabeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scales Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Aiken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Nora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Blackhawk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mount Carroll
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Hickory Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Zier Cors
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loran
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Lena
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Winslow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eleroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McConnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Bolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Red Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Teeds Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Andover
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Elk River Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Bryant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Goose Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Wilkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Dubuque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Key West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Zwingle
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Sageville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Washington Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Smiths
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Green Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Saint Donatus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Springbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sabula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Cottonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Miles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville 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
(18 miles [29 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
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rutledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Dickeyville
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Platteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Green County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Browntown
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Cadiz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
- New Diggings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Shullsburg
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Gratiot
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Wiota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Elk Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Calamine
(23 miles [37 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 Schapville, see our County-by-County Page for Schapville.
Cemeteries Near Schapville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schapville.
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 Schapville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schapville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Singers Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Citzens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Miners Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill Cemetery
- The Prospect Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prospect Hill Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery
- Continue List (297 more) ...
- Log Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Schapville had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Schapville, with the one closest to Schapville listed first.
- Elizabeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scales Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rodden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rodden is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Apple River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Council Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aiken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Massbach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Massbach is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach
- Dunbarton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- New Diggings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Millbrig ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrig is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrig
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smiths
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Blanding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schapville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schapville.
Newspapers Published in Schapville ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schapville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schapville, 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 Schapville.
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 websites either 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 Schapville:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Schapville, 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- Schapville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |