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 Elliott (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 Elliott. 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.
Elliott is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Page, Pottawattamie & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Elliott. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elliott:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Elliott)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Red Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sciola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Tenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Coburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Villisca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Bridgewater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Strand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Lincoln Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Carbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Nodaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mount Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Corning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Iveyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Carl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Prescott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Audubon County
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Griswold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Lewis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Atlantic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Sycamore Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Norway Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Center is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Center
- Dewey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dewey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Massena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wiota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anita
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Imogene
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Henderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Emerson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Clark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Malvern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Mineola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Nyman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Hepburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Essex
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hawleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Clarinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Macedonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Treynor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- McClelland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dumfries
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Taylor County
- Guss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elliott, see our County-by-County Page for Elliott.
Cemeteries Near Elliott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elliott.
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 Elliott - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elliott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mercer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Waveland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pilot Grove Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- L Laire Property Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mrs. Frank Hacffich & Infant Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elliot Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Clair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Pilot Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griswold Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Elliott had a population of 317 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Elliott had a population of 319 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elliott, with the one closest to Elliott listed first.
- Stennett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stennett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
- Griswold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wales
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Red Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Lyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sciola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Hawthorne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Macedonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Henderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Strand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Carson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elliott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elliott.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Elliott ...
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 Elliott.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Elliott. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Elliott and those printed in the larger area surrounding Elliott.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Elliott.
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 Elliott:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Adams County
- Audubon County
- Cass County
- Fremont County
- Mills County
- Page County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby County
- Taylor 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 Elliott, 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 from Point A (ie- Elliott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |