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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dayton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dayton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dayton, 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 Dayton (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 Dayton. 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 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 Dayton is historic, it would have been located within present day Page 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 Page County: Fremont, Montgomery, Taylor, Atchison (MO) & Nodaway (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Dayton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dayton:
- Page County (The home county of Dayton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Hawleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Clarinda
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shambaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Hepburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Braddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- College Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Coin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Nyman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Blanchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Northboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Iveyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Nodaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Brooks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Corning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Strand
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Stringtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Lincoln Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Prescott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Imogene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Farragut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- High Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Villisca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Stanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sciola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Coburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Red Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ringgold County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Maloy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maloy is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Redding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Delphos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delphos is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- New Market
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Ladoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Siam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Guss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Gravity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Conway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Lenox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Athelstan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Blockton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Union County
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Atchison County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Westboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Farmers City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Hopkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clearmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Pickering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Burlington Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gaynor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Orrsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Quitman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Parnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ravenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Worth County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Sheridan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in Worth County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Irena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irena is located in Worth County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dayton, see our County-by-County Page for Dayton.
Cemeteries Near Dayton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dayton.
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 Dayton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dayton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- Memory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aron View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hawleyville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dallas Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenanter Cemetery
- The Covenanter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covenanter Church Cemetery
- Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94532 <3>
- Siam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Ladoga Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Dayton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dayton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dayton, with the one closest to Dayton listed first.
- New Market
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Hawleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Clarinda
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ladoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Shambaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Siam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Guss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Gravity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Hepburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Page Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Page Center is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
- Braddyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Yorktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- College Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Hopkins
(13 miles [20.9 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 Dayton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dayton.
Newspapers Published in Dayton ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dayton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dayton, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dayton.
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 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 Dayton:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Fremont County
- Montgomery County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor County
- Union County
- Atchison County
- Nodaway County
- Worth 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 Dayton, 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Dayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |