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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 Arcadia (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 Arcadia. 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 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.

Arcadia is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.

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

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Arcadia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Halbur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Halbur is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Breda
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Breda is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
    • Roselle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Roselle is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
    • Carroll Community Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Carroll
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Manning
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Templeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lidderdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Willey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Willey is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Glidden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dedham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lanesboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
  • Audubon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Gray
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ross
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ross is located in Audubon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Fiscus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fiscus is located in Audubon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
    • Audubon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hamlin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hamlin is located in Audubon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Yetter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Yetter is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Wightman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wightman is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
    • Lytton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lytton is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Lohrville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rands is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
    • Rockwell City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Westside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vail
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Vail is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <1>
    • Boyer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boyer is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
    • Aspinwall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Deloit
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Deloit is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Kiron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Manilla
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Denison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Sunset Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Astor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Astor is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
    • Schleswig
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Buck Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Scranton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Churdan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Churdan is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Farlin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Farlin is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
  • Guthrie County
    • Bayard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Arthur
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Arthur is located in Ida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
    • Ida Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Herring ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Herring is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
    • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
    • Wall Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
    • Auburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Grant City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant City is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
    • Lake View
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Odebolt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Odebolt is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
    • Sac City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Early
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Nemaha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Nemaha is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia, with the one closest to Arcadia listed first.
    • Botna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Botna is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
    • Irwin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Defiance
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Defiance is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Kirkman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Kirkman is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Earling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Earling is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people

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

Cemeteries Near Arcadia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arcadia.

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

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

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Arcadia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Westside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hayes Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayes Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Breda.
    • The Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wheatland Cemetery
    • Wheatland Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96658 <3>
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Holy Angels Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Vail Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Carroll City Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • King Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Arcadia had a population of 463 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Arcadia had a population of 531 people.

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

  • Westside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maple River is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
  • Halbur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Halbur is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Breda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Breda is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
  • Vail
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Vail is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <1>
  • Roselle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Roselle is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
  • Mount Carmel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
  • Carroll
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Carnarvon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Aspinwall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Manning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Templeton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Kentner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kentner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
    • Wall Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
    • Willey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Willey is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arcadia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arcadia.

Newspapers Published in Arcadia ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arcadia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arcadia, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arcadia.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Arcadia:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Arcadia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Arcadia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.