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 Garden 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 Garden 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Garden 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 Garden City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden City:
- Hardin County (The home county of Garden City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Radcliffe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- New Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Buckeye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Gifford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Owasa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Eldora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whitten
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whitten is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Iowa Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eagle City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Mackey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mackey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Boone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luther
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Fraser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fraser is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Popejoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bradford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Faulkner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Reeve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Reeve is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Conrad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wellsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beaman is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Williams
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kamrar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blairsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stanhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Webster City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stratford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- Clyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Saint Anthony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Clemons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clemons is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Bangor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bangor is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- State Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liscomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Liscomb is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- LaMoille
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- LaMoille is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMoille
- Malta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Malta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Marietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Rhodes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Melbourne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luray is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- State Center Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Loring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loring is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Sheldahl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheldahl is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldahl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Story County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- McCallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCallsburg is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Zearing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roland
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Story City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fernald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fernald is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shipley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shipley is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipley
- Ames
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zenorsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zenorsville is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenorsville
- Ontario
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Iowa Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Iowa Center is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Center
- Wright County
- Dows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden City, see our County-by-County Page for Garden City.
Cemeteries Near Garden City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden 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 Garden City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Stavanger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bergen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Idaho Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCallsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Radcliffe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliffe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Radcliffe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Radcliffe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95908 <2>
- Rorem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fosen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zearing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mamirelund Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mamrelund Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Garden City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- McCallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCallsburg is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Radcliffe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roland
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Zearing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Story City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- New Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Lawn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lawn Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Hill
- Saint Anthony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Jewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clemons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clemons is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden City.
Newspapers Published in Garden 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 183 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden City, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garden City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Garden City:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Jasper County
- Marshall County
- Polk County
- Story 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> | 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 Garden City, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garden City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |