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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 Clucas (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 Clucas. 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.

Clucas is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Adair, Clarke, Dallas, Guthrie, Polk, Union & Warren.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Clucas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • Earlham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pitzer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pitzer is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
    • Winterset
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Patterson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Patterson is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Webster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Webster is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Ord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Ord is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
    • East Peru
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • East Peru is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Saint Charles
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Macksburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Macksburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Barney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Barney is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
    • Truro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Adair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • Arbor Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arbor Hill is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
    • Stanzel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stanzel is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanzel
    • Hebron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hebron is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Greenfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Zion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Zion is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Orient
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fontanelle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fontanelle is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
  • Boone County
    • Madrid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • DeSoto
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Van Meter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Booneville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Adel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Adel is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adel <1>
    • Redfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wiscotta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wiscotta is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscotta
    • Dexter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Waukee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dallas Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Panther
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Panther is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Linden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Linden is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
    • Minburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Minburn is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
    • Granger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Guthrie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • Stuart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dale is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Menlo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Glendon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Glendon is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
    • Panora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Yale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Yale is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Casey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Guthrie Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamaica
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Herndon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Herndon is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Adair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • Commerce
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Commerce is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
    • West Des Moines
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clive
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Urbandale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grimes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Norwalk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Windsor Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Herrold
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Herrold is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrold
    • Des Moines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Andrews
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Andrews is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Marquisville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquisville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquisville
    • Polk City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • Lorimor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lorimor is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clucas, with the one closest to Clucas listed first.
    • Cumming
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Orillia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Orillia is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orillia
    • Bevington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Prole
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Prole is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
    • Churchville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Churchville is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
    • Martensdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lakewood is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
    • Spring Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Saint Marys
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Marys is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Indianola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • New Virginia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cool
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cool is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool

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

Cemeteries Near Clucas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clucas.

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

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

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

  • North Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • McKibben Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Blue Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Earlham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Longmire Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Trester Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rodabough Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (246 more) ...
    • Worthington Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • German Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Van Meter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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 Clucas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clucas.

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

  • DeSoto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Meter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • McBride
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • McBride is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
  • Kennedy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kennedy is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Booneville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Adel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Adel is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adel <1>
  • Ortonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ortonville is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortonville
  • Redfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dexter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pitzer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pitzer is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
  • Winterset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Waukee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Panther
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Panther is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Patterson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Patterson is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Dallas Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Clucas ...

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 251 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clucas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clucas, 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 Clucas.

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 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 Clucas:

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 Clucas, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clucas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.