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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 Whitton (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 Whitton. 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 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.
Whitton 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 Whitton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitton:
- Jo Daviess County (The home county of Whitton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Pleasant Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Galena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scales Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stockton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Apple River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Arnold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Marcus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Savanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Polsgrove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Ayers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Center Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Hickory Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Wacker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wacker is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
- Mount Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Fay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Fay
- Daggett ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daggett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Stephenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Loran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Loran is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loran
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Pearl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Eleroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Bolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Whiteside County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- East Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Clinton is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clinton
- Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Clinton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Teeds Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Teeds Grove is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeds Grove
- Andover
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Goose Lake
(18 miles [29 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
- Elk River Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Tenmile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Charlotte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sixmile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Delmar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elvira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elvira is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvira
- North Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Welton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Wilkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Zwingle
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Cattese
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Key West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Washington Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Dubuque
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bernard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Asbury
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sageville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Smiths
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Springbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Miles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sabula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spragueville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Hazel Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- New Diggings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitton, see our County-by-County Page for Whitton.
Cemeteries Near Whitton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitton.
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 Whitton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Lost Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Log Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hazen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reeseville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Weston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dyas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Huff Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Springbrook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Whitton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
- Pleasant Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Blanding
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blanding is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marcus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rodden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rodden is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- North Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Lainsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lainsville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lainsville
- Springbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Massbach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Massbach is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massbach
- Smiths
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Van Buren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitton.
Newspapers Published in Whitton ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitton, 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 Whitton.
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 Whitton:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Jo Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Stephenson County
- Whiteside 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 Whitton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |