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 East Pleasant Plain (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 East Pleasant Plain. 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.
Name Variations for East Pleasant Plain ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Pleasant Plain: E. Pleasant Pln.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Davis, Henry, Keokuk, Van Buren, Wapello & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near East Pleasant Plain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Pleasant Plain:
- Jefferson County (The home county of East Pleasant Plain)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Pleasant Plain
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Perlee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Lockridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Glasgow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Abingdon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Linby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Libertyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Pekin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Batavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Davis County
- Chequest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Des Moines County
- Yarmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Olds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Swedesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Oakland Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa County
- North English
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Amish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- Frytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frytown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- River Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Ollie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Keota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Nugent
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Martinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Sigourney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kinross
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Hedrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- South English
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Big Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Houghton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Mount Hamill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Pilot Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Wyman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Cotter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Gladwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Columbus City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaska County
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Stockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Kilbourn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Douds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Mount Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Leando
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Selma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Keosauqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bonaparte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Competine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Eldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Cliffland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Dahlonega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- East Ottumwa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Ottumwa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rubio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Havre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Crawfordsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ainsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Wellman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kalona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Pleasant Plain, see our County-by-County Page for East Pleasant Plain.
Cemeteries Near East Pleasant Plain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Pleasant Plain.
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 East Pleasant Plain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Pleasant Plain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pleasant Plain.
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94829 <2>
- Polishville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westenhaver Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perlee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Germanville Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (464 more) ...
- St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shuppy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howard Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 East Pleasant Plain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Pleasant Plain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Pleasant Plain, with the one closest to East Pleasant Plain listed first.
- Pleasant Plain
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Veo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Veo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veo
- Perlee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Germanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Germanville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germanville
- Salina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Merrimac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Coppock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Beckwith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beckwith is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Grace Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Hill
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lockridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Pleasant Plain. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Pleasant Plain.
Newspapers Published in East Pleasant Plain ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Pleasant Plain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Pleasant Plain, 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 East Pleasant Plain.
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 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 East Pleasant Plain:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Des Moines County
- Henry County
- Iowa County
- Johnson County
- Keokuk County
- Lee County
- Louisa County
- Mahaska County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello County
- Washington 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> | 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 East Pleasant Plain, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Pleasant Plain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |