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 Adaza (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 Adaza. 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 hospitals and 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.
Adaza is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Guthrie & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Adaza. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adaza:
- Greene County (The home county of Adaza)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Churdan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Farlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Paton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scranton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Grand Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Rippey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rippey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Boxholm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beaver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Pilot Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Berkley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Ogden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fraser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fraser is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Lohrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wightman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Farnhamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Rinard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Somers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockwell City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Knierim
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Yetter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Twin Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Lanesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Ralston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lidderdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Carroll Community Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Coon Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Breda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Roselle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Dedham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Dallas County
- Dawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Guthrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Bayard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bagley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bagley is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Herndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Herndon is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Jamaica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Hamilton County
- Stratford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pocahontas County
- Palmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Sac City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Gowrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slifer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
- Lanyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lanyon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanyon
- Callender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Harcourt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harcourt is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harcourt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Palm Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Palm Grove is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Moorland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barnum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barnum is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Otho
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tara
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adaza, see our County-by-County Page for Adaza.
Cemeteries Near Adaza ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adaza.
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 Adaza - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adaza covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Old Cedar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 southeast of Lohrville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94698 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reading Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dawson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Salisbury Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dillavou Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillavou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dillavou Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Ralston.
- The Dillavou Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kendrick Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94586 <2>
- Thompson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Cedar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Logan Twp. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dickson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Adaza in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adaza.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adaza, with the one closest to Adaza listed first.
- Churdan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Lohrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farnhamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Farlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Rands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Gowrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scranton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Callender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adaza. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adaza.
Newspapers Published in Adaza ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adaza.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adaza, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adaza.
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 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 Adaza:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Dallas County
- Guthrie County
- Hamilton County
- Pocahontas County
- Sac County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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> | 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- Adaza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Adaza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |