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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Baltimore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Baltimore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Baltimore, 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 Baltimore (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 Baltimore. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Baltimore is historic, it would have been located within present day Henry 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 Henry County: Des Moines, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Baltimore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baltimore:
- Henry County (The home county of Baltimore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Westwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Mount Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Rome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Swedesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Winfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Olds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Des Moines County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Kline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kline is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Yarmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Burlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Sperry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sperry is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mediapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kingston is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Lockridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Perlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Pleasant Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Pilot Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Houghton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hamill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Sawyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyer is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Former names for Sawyer:
- Atlee
- Edwards
- South Augusta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Augusta is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Augusta
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Big Mound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Morning Sun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wyman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Elrick Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
- Wapello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Oakville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cotter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Fredonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Stockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bonaparte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Mount Zion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kilbourn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Keosauqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coppock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Havre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ainsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hancock County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Niota
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pontoosuc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pontoosuc is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Nauvoo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dallas City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Colusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Disco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Disco is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Ferris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Gulf Port
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Carman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Iowa Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Lomax
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lomax is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lomax <2>
- Gladstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Oquawka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Terre Haute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terre Haute is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Milroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milroy is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Stronghurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clark County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Dumas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Anson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anson is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Acasto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acasto is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
- Peaksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Revere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baltimore, see our County-by-County Page for Baltimore.
Cemeteries Near Baltimore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baltimore.
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 Baltimore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baltimore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Lowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Abbe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Boyleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pickle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abraham Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Carnahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hunting Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Baltimore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baltimore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Pilot Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Houghton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Denova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Denova is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denova
- Mount Hamill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Crew
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Crew is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crew
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baltimore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baltimore.
Newspapers Published in Baltimore ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baltimore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baltimore, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baltimore.
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 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 Baltimore:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Des Moines County
- Jefferson County
- Lee County
- Louisa County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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 Baltimore, 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Baltimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |