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 Fallow (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 Fallow. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Fallow is located in Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto County: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth & Pocahontas.
Below are the counties that are near Fallow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fallow:
- Palo Alto County (The home county of Fallow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Graettinger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emmetsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ayrshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cylinder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Curlew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Mallard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rodman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- West Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Marathon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Sioux Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albert City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Dickens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Gillett Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Fostoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Webb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webb is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rossie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rossie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Cornell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Everly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Terril
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Superior
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Milford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arnolds Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Okoboji
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Okoboji
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spirit Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Wahpeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Emmet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Wallingford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Hoprig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Estherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gruver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Ringsted
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dolliver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Humboldt County
- Ottosen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Kossuth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Fenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fenton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Whittemore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Seneca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Lone Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Swea City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Algona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bancroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- O'Brien County
- Moneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Plover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Laurens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Havelock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rolfe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Alpha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martin County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Ceylon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dunnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunnell is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fallow, see our County-by-County Page for Fallow.
Cemeteries Near Fallow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fallow.
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 Fallow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fallow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lost Island Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wallingford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Vernon Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Terril.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94754 <3>
- Dickens Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Fallow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fallow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fallow, with the one closest to Fallow listed first.
- Graettinger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Emmetsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wallingford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Hoprig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Dickens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Ayrshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cylinder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Estherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Curlew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Ringsted
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Superior
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard
(18 miles [29 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 Fallow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fallow.
Newspapers Published in Fallow ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fallow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fallow, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fallow.
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 Fallow:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Palo Alto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Clay County
- Dickinson County
- Emmet County
- Humboldt County
- Kossuth County
- O'Brien County
- Pocahontas County
- Jackson County
- Martin 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- Fallow) 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 Fallow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |