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 Carroll Community Estates (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 Carroll Community Estates. 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 Carroll Community Estates ...
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 Carroll Community Estates: Carroll Community Ests.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Carroll Community Estates is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Carroll Community Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carroll Community Estates:
- Carroll County (The home county of Carroll Community Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Carroll
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lidderdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Willey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Roselle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Glidden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Halbur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Breda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Dedham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Templeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ralston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lanesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Audubon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Gray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Audubon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fiscus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Hamlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hamlin is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yetter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Wightman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Lohrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lytton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Rockwell City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Farnhamville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Jolley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Somers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Westside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aspinwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Vail
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Boyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Manilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Astor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Denison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kiron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Buck Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Schleswig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Scranton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Churdan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Farlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cooper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Guthrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Bayard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- North Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Herndon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herndon is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Herring ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Lake View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Sac City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Odebolt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Botna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Irwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Webster County
- Slifer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carroll Community Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Carroll Community Estates.
Cemeteries Near Carroll Community Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carroll Community Estates.
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 Carroll Community Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carroll Community Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Carroll City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- The West Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glidden Cemetery
- Merle Hay Cemetery
- Merle Haye Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96638 <2>
- Holy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- McCurdy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Carroll Community Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carroll Community Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carroll Community Estates, with the one closest to Carroll Community Estates listed first.
- Carroll
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Roselle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Willey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Glidden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Halbur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Kentner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kentner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Templeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dedham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Breda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westside
(12 miles [19.3 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 Carroll Community Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carroll Community Estates.
Newspapers Published in Carroll Community Estates ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carroll Community Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carroll Community Estates, 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 Carroll Community Estates.
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 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 Carroll Community Estates:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Calhoun County
- Crawford County
- Greene County
- Guthrie County
- Sac County
- Shelby County
- Webster 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 Carroll Community Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Carroll Community Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |