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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sweet Home. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sweet Home to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sweet Home, 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 Sweet Home (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 Sweet Home. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweet Home:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Sweet Home)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Warren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apple River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aiken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Menominee
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Polsgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Blackhawk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Zier Cors
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Mount Carroll
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Center Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Savanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shannon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lanark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Hickory Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Ogle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Baileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Lena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- McConnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loran
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Pearl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Oneco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Red Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Orangeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Wilkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Smiths
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Saint Donatus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sabula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Hazel Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Platteville
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Dickeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Rutledge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Green County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Browntown
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Monticello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Iowa County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 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
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Shullsburg
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Wiota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Darlington
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Woodford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Argyle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Calamine
(20 miles [32.2 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 Sweet Home, see our County-by-County Page for Sweet Home.
Cemeteries Near Sweet Home ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweet Home.
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 Sweet Home - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sweet Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Millville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Annes Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Chelsea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Chelsea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Sweet Home in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sweet Home.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
- Warren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apple River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dunbarton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waddams Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waddams Grove is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddams Grove
- Schapville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schapville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schapville
- South Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Lena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Martintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Martintown is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sweet Home. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweet Home.
Newspapers Published in Sweet Home ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Home.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweet Home, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweet Home.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sweet Home:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Grant County
- Green 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 Sweet Home, 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 '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- Sweet Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |