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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 Denova (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 Denova. 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 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.

Denova is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Des Moines, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren & Washington.

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

  • Henry County     (The home county of Denova)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Oakland Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
    • Westwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Westwood is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Salem
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rome
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rome is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillsboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Lowell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lowell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • New London
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Swedesburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Swedesburg is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
    • Olds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Olds is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
    • Wayland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Mount Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Union is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
      • Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
  • Des Moines County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Danville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Danville is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
    • Yarmouth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Middletown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Middletown is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Kline
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Kline is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
    • Dodgeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • West Burlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Mediapolis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sperry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Sperry is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
    • Burlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Patterson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Patterson is located in Des Moines County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Glasgow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Lockridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Perlee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Perlee is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Plain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Libertyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Maharishi Vedic City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
    • Packwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Packwood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Abingdon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
    • Batavia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Keokuk County
    • Richland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Houghton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Houghton is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Russellville ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Russellville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
      • Russellville has also been known as:
      • Doantown
    • White Lane ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • White Lane is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
    • Mount Hamill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
      • Former names for Mount Hamill:
      • Courtwright
      • Hamill
    • Big Mound
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Big Mound is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
    • Pilot Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
    • Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Primrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Primrose is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
    • West Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Franklin is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Donnellson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Denmark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Wyman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyman is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
    • Morning Sun
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbus City is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Cotter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cotter is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Columbus Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wapello
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wapello is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
    • Elrick Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
    • Fredonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fredonia is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Van Buren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Stockport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Winchester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Winchester is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Bonaparte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Birmingham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Mount Zion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Kilbourn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
    • Farmington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Keosauqua
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Douds
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Douds is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
    • Leando
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Leando is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
    • Mount Sterling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Selma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Selma is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Wapello County
    • Eldon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Coppock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Coppock is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Brighton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crawfordsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Havre
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Havre is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
    • Ainsworth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rubio
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rubio is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
    • Washington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Hancock County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Niota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nauvoo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nauvoo is located in Hancock County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nauvoo <1>
    • Pontoosuc
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pontoosuc is located in Hancock County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Dallas City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson County (IL)
    • Gulf Port
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Clark County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Denova, with the one closest to Denova listed first.
    • Athens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Anson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Anson is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
    • Acasto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Acasto is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
    • Dumas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
    • Chambersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Chambersburg is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
    • Peaksville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
    • Revere
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Denova ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denova.

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

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

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

  • Cedar Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cedar Creek Friends Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Faulkner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oakland Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • East Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • South Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pickard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Home Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lambirth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Crane Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (523 more) ...

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, Denova had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Oakland Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
  • Salem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rome
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rome is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Hillsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsboro is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Glasgow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Houghton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Houghton is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
  • Traxler ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Traxler is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traxler
  • Lockridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Trenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Trenton is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Stockport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mount Hamill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
    • Former names for Mount Hamill:
    • Courtwright
    • Hamill
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Big Mound
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Big Mound is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
    • Pilot Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
    • Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people

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

Newspapers Published in Denova ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denova.

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

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 either 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 Denova:

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