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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 Bradgate (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 Bradgate. 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 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.

Bradgate is located in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County: Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster & Wright.

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

  • Humboldt County     (The home county of Bradgate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Gilmore City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ottosen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Rutland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutland is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Bode
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bode is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Pioneer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Arnold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Arnold is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Humboldt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Livermore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Dakota City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hardy is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Thor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Thor is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thor <1>
    • Renwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Buena Vista County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Albert City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Marathon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Manson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pomeroy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Knierim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Twin Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Jolley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jolley is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
    • Somers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Somers is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Rockwell City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Hancock County
    • Corwith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Corwith is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Kossuth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Whittemore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Irvington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Irvington is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
    • Lu Verne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Algona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sexton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sexton is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
    • Fenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Burt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Burt is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Lone Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Wesley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesley is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
  • Palo Alto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • West Bend
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rodman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Mallard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cylinder
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Curlew
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Emmetsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ayrshire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pocahontas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Rolfe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rolfe is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolfe <1>
    • Plover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plover is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Pocahontas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Havelock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Palmer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fonda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fonda is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fonda <1>
    • Varina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Varina is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Clare
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Clare is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Badger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Barnum is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Tara
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tara is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
    • Fort Dodge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Moorland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Vincent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vincent is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
    • Cypsum City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cypsum City is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypsum City
    • Coalville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Coalville is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
    • Kalo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kalo is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
    • Otho
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Otho is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otho
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otho <1>
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradgate, with the one closest to Bradgate listed first.
    • Goldfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Holmes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Holmes is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes

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

Cemeteries Near Bradgate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bradgate.

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

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

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

  • Old Rolfe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marble Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • McKnight Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton - Garfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Margarets Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Weaver Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rutland Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bode Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...
    • Powhatan Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Marble Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Union Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bradgate had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bradgate had a population of 84 people.

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

  • Gilmore City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rolfe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rolfe is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolfe <1>
  • Rutland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutland is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Bode
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bode is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
  • Pioneer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • West Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Humboldt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Arnold
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Arnold is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Plover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plover is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Lizard ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
  • Dakota City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Livermore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Saint Joseph
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
    • Pocahontas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Havelock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bradgate ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bradgate.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bradgate. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bradgate and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bradgate.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Bradgate.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bradgate:

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>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 Bradgate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Bradgate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.