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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 Ulah (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 Ulah. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Ulah is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Bureau, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark & Whiteside.

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

  • Henry County     (The home county of Ulah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Andover
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Osco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Galva
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kewanee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Morristown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Morristown is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Woodhull
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynn Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Geneseo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Atkinson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ophiem
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ophiem is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
    • Alpha
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bureau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Mineral
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Neponset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sheffield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Buda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Yorktown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Yorktown is located in Bureau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
    • Manlius
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bedford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Milo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Milo is located in Bureau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Wyanet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Altona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Oneida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Victoria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wataga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Henderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Grove
    • Appleton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
    • Dahinda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Knox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Knox is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • East Galesburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Galesburg is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Williamsfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Galesburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • New Windsor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • New Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
    • Windsor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Windsor is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
    • Griffin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Griffin is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • Sherrard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • North Henderson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Preemption
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Matherville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Viola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Alexis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilchrist
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Gilchrist is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
    • Shale City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Shale City is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
    • Burgess
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Burgess is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
    • Norwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Norwood is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Peoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Elmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmore is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Laura
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Monica
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Monica is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
    • Princeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Rustic Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
    • Joslin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Joslin is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
    • Barstow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbon Cliff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Coal Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Silvis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Silvis is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <1>
    • East Moline
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Moline is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
    • Hillsdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Coyne Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Coyne Center is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyne Center
    • Hampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Hampton is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
    • Rapids City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Milan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Milan is located in Rock Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • La Fayette
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Osceola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Toulon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Jersey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Jersey is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
    • Modena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Modena is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
    • Wyoming
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Castleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Shanghai City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Shanghai City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai City
    • Utah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Utah is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah
    • Surrey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Surrey is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
    • Gerlaw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiteside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Erie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Erie is located in Whiteside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
    • Prophetstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Pratt ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pratt is located in Whiteside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
  • Scott County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulah, with the one closest to Ulah listed first.
    • Le Claire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverdale is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Panorama Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Pleasant Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bettendorf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Davenport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Ulah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulah.

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

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

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

  • Talbot Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • McNay Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Piatt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Dale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Red Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bishop Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greenlee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Munson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Clover Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cosner Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • Grace Episcopal Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Presbyterian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Andover Twp. 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 Ulah had a population of 103 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Cambridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bishop Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nekoma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Nekoma is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
  • Andover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Galva
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Osco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Altona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kewanee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Morristown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Morristown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Lynn Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Geneseo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Atkinson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alpha
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Orion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oneida
      (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 Ulah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ulah.

Newspapers Published in Ulah ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ulah, 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 Ulah.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Ulah:

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