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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Brogan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brogan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brogan, 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 Brogan (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 Brogan. 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 Brogan is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Sac County: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Ida & Pocahontas.
Below are the counties that are near Brogan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brogan:
- Sac County (The home county of Brogan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Herring ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Wall Lake
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Odebolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grant City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Early
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sac City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Schaller
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nemaha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Audubon County
- Gray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Juniata
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Storm Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Yetter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lytton
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Wightman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Jolley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- 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
- Arcadia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Halbur
(18 miles [29 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)
- Carroll Community Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Lidderdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Manning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Willey
(25 miles [40.2 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 southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Boyer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Kiron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deloit
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schleswig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Denison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Ricketts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Aspinwall
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Charter Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Galva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Holstein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Ute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas County
- Fonda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Botna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Defiance
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Danbury
(27 miles [43.5 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 Brogan, see our County-by-County Page for Brogan.
Cemeteries Near Brogan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brogan.
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 Brogan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brogan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Tom Marks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Wall Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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]<3> to the northeast of Kiron.
- The Bethel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94253 <4>
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kiron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Odebolt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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]<3> 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 <4>
- Wall Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clinton Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Milford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Reform Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hayes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Brogan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brogan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brogan, with the one closest to Brogan listed first.
- Wall Lake
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Kiron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Odebolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Carnarvon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deloit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Vail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- 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
- Grant City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Denison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brogan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brogan.
Newspapers Published in Brogan ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brogan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brogan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brogan.
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 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 Brogan:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Sac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Buena Vista County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Ida County
- Monona County
- Pocahontas County
- Shelby County
- Woodbury 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 Brogan, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brogan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |