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 Eureka (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 Eureka. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Eureka is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Mills, Page, Atchison (MO), Cass (NE) & Otoe (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Eureka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eureka:
- Fremont County (The home county of Eureka)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Percival
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McPaul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McPaul is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
- Thurman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Payne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bartlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bartlett is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Tabor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Farragut
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Imogene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Pacific Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mills is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Pacific City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Glenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Malvern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hentons is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Hastings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 north)
- Emerson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Essex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Northboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Pottawattamie County
- Dumfries
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Atchison County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Watson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Farmers City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Phelps City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Rock Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nehawka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Murray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mynard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mynard is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Plattsmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Weeping Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cullom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cullom is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Cedar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wabash is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Johnson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Cook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Johnson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <1>
- Graf ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graf is located in Johnson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Julian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Julian is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Brock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rohrs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rohrs is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
- Brownville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Howe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Howe is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Nemaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <1>
- Otoe County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Nebraska City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunbar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lorton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Talmage
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Unadilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sarpy County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- La Platte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Richfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Papillion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- La Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eureka, see our County-by-County Page for Eureka.
Cemeteries Near Eureka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eureka.
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 Eureka - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eureka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eatons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sciota Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cowles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Nebraska City (NE).
- The St. Marys Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101347 <2>
- West Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyuka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hume Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- St. Benedicts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lacy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Eureka in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eureka.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Percival
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- McPaul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McPaul is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
- Thurman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nebraska City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Payne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bartlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bartlett is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Nehawka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Minersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Minersville is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Murray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rock Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Dunbar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paul is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eureka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eureka.
Newspapers Published in Eureka ...
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 225 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eureka.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eureka, 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 Eureka.
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 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 Eureka:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Fremont County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Mills County
- Page County
- Pottawattamie County
- Atchison County
- Cass County
- Johnson County
- Nemaha County
- Otoe County
- Sarpy 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 Eureka, 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- Eureka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |