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 Eagle City (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 Eagle City. 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 and 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.
Eagle City is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marshall, Story & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle City:
- Hardin County (The home county of Eagle City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Robertson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Robertson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
- Abbott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Owasa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Cleves
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Steamboat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ackley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eldora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gifford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- New Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Providence is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Hubbard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Austinville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Aplington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kesley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kesley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesley
- Parkersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sinclair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sinclair is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Dumont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Butler Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Center
- Coster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coster is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Aredale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Faulkner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reeve
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reeve is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Popejoy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hansell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coulter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coulter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Latimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chapin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chapin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Alexander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheffield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Wellsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Buck Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buck Grove is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fern is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Grundy Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stout
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stout is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Conrad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Morrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dike
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fredsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Reinbeck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Williams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blairsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Jewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
- Jewell has also been known as:
- Jewell Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <1>
- Randall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Kamrar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Bangor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bangor is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Liscomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Liscomb is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Clemons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clemons is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Saint Anthony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marietta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- LaMoille
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- LaMoille is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMoille
- Green Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mountain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Story County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Zearing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McCallsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McCallsburg is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Roland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roland is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Fernald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fernald is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Story City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tama County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Gladbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Dows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solberg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solberg is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solberg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle City, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle City.
Cemeteries Near Eagle City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle City.
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 Eagle City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Kidwiler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson Heights Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hardin County Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clay Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leverton Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Egbers Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Steamboat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Eagle City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Robertson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Robertson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
- Owasa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Abbott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Abbott Crossing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbott Crossing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Crossing
- Hughs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hughs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
- Steamboat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleves
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Iowa Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ackley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eldora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Faulkner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Secor ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Secor is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secor
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wellsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lawn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lawn Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Hill
- Gifford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle City.
Newspapers Published in Eagle City ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle City.
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 Eagle City:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Marshall County
- Story County
- Tama County
- Wright 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> | 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 Eagle City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |