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 Boyer River (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 Boyer River. 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.
Name Variations for Boyer River ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Boyer River: Boyer Riv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Boyer River is primarily located in Crawford County. A portion of Boyer River extends into Sac 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 Crawford County: Audubon, Carroll, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Sac, Shelby & Woodbury.
Below are the counties that are near Boyer River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyer River:
- Crawford County (The home county of Boyer River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Boyer
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Kiron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deloit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Westside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schleswig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Denison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Aspinwall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Kenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Ricketts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Manilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Audubon County
- Gray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Juniata
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Casino Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Yetter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lytton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Wightman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Breda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Halbur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Manning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carroll Community Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lidderdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Templeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willey
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Dedham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Arthur
(12 miles [19.3 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holstein
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Ute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mapleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Herring ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Odebolt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Wall Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Early
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sac City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schaller
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nemaha
(23 miles [37 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 Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Botna
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Defiance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Irwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Earling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Danbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cushing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyer River, see our County-by-County Page for Boyer River.
Cemeteries Near Boyer River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyer River.
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 Boyer River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyer River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tom Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Kiron.
- The Bethel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94253 <3>
- Kiron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Wall Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odebolt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Vail Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wall Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Lehfeld Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Westside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Boyer River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boyer River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyer River, with the one closest to Boyer River listed first.
- Kiron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deloit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Odebolt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Vail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wall Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Westside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Carnarvon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Breda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Denison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Mount Carmel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Halbur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyer River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyer River.
Newspapers Published in Boyer River ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyer River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyer River, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyer River.
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 Boyer River:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Buena Vista County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Harrison County
- Ida County
- Monona County
- Sac County
- Shelby County
- Woodbury 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyer River) 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 Boyer River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |