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 Dunlap (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 Dunlap. 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 doctors 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.
Dunlap is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Crawford, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Burt (NE) & Washington (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Dunlap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunlap:
- Harrison County (The home county of Dunlap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Woodbine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Persia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Orson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Yorkshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Little Sioux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mondamin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Modale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Audubon County
- Fiscus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Carroll County
- Manning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Dow City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Buck Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Charter Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sunset Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Denison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Astor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Manilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ricketts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Schleswig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Soldier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Castana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blencoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Onawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rodney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rodney is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Minden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Neola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
- Loveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Earling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Harlan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Tennant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Irwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Botna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Shelby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodbury County
- Danbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunlap, see our County-by-County Page for Dunlap.
Cemeteries Near Dunlap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunlap.
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 Dunlap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunlap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gallands Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Doyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- LDS Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dow City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hodges Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Mefferd Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Washington Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dunlap had a population of 1,088 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dunlap had a population of 978 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Manteno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manteno is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
- Dow City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Defiance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Soldier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Charter Oak
(14 miles [22.5 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 Dunlap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunlap.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dunlap ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunlap.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dunlap. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dunlap and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dunlap.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of Dunlap.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dunlap:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Monona County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby County
- Woodbury 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> | 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- Dunlap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Dunlap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |