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 Boxholm (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 Boxholm. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Boxholm is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Dallas, Greene, Hamilton, Polk, Story & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Boxholm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boxholm:
- Boone County (The home county of Boxholm)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Pilot Mound
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Fraser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fraser is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Ogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moingona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moingona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moingona
- Berkley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Berkley is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Mackey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mackey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Luther
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Madrid
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Farnhamville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Somers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Rinard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Lohrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Knierim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Wightman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Rockwell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Ralston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lanesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Bouton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodward
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- High Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- High Bridge is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Minburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Minburn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Paton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Grand Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rippey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rippey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Churdan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Farlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Cooper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Scranton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Jamaica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Herndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herndon is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Bagley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Yale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Stratford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Kamrar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Webster City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
- Jewell has also been known as:
- Jewell Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <1>
- Randall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Ellsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- Sheldahl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldahl is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldahl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Story County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Zenorsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Zenorsville is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenorsville
- Ontario
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Story City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ames
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Midvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midvale is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Lanyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lanyon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanyon
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harcourt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harcourt is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harcourt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Burnside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Palm Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palm Grove is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Gowrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lehigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Border Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Callender
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Kalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kalo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
- Otho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brushy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Coalville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Wright County
- Woolstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boxholm, see our County-by-County Page for Boxholm.
Cemeteries Near Boxholm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boxholm.
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 Boxholm - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boxholm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Renner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swedish Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Owen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grand Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Schlicht Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Runyan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shafer - Gear Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Paton Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Boxholm had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Boxholm had a population of 184 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boxholm, with the one closest to Boxholm listed first.
- Pilot Mound
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harcourt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harcourt is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harcourt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Paton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Lena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Ogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Grand Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stratford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gowrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moingona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moingona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moingona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boxholm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boxholm.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Boxholm ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boxholm.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Boxholm. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Boxholm and those printed in the larger area surrounding Boxholm.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Boxholm.
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 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 Boxholm:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Dallas County
- Greene County
- Guthrie County
- Hamilton County
- Polk County
- Story County
- Webster County
- Wright 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> | 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 Boxholm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boxholm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |