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 Carnes (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 Carnes. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Carnes is located in Sioux 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 Sioux County: Lyon, O'Brien, Plymouth, Lincoln (SD) & Union (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Carnes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carnes:
- Sioux County (The home county of Carnes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orange City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maurice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Granville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Sioux Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Hospers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Ireton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McNally
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McNally is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNally
- Boyden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boyden is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Hull
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Marcus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleghorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Fielding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Meriden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Mary Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Larrabee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Larrabee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Cherokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quimby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Washta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Doon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- O'Brien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Germantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Paullina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Paullina is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Archer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Primghar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Calumet is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Sanborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutherland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Osceola County
- Ashton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Oyens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Struble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Remsen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Le Mars
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Brunsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- O'Leary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
- Merrill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
- Kingsley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Akron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Pierson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Evergreen Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Moville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Big Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Alcester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carnes, see our County-by-County Page for Carnes.
Cemeteries Near Carnes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carnes.
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 Carnes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carnes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Eason Family Burial Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nassau Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Seney City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sherman Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Catherines Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960259 <2>
- Remsen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remsen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Remsen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Remsen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95928 <2>
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Remsen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96194 <2>
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Le Mars Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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, Carnes had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carnes, with the one closest to Carnes listed first.
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orange City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seney is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Maurice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Struble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Oyens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Remsen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Newkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Newkirk is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
- Le Mars
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sioux Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hospers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ireton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marcus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carnes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carnes.
Newspapers Published in Carnes ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carnes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carnes, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carnes.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Carnes:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Sioux County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Lyon County
- O'Brien County
- Osceola County
- Plymouth County
- Woodbury County
- Lincoln County
- Union 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> | 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 Carnes, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carnes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |