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 Gatesville (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 Gatesville. 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 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.
Gatesville is located in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County: Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Clayton, Delaware & Fayette.
Below are the counties that are near Gatesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gatesville:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Gatesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Doris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Doris is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quasqueton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Rowley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hamerville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamerville
- Monti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monti is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monti
- Hazleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brandon is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Shady Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Stanley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stanley is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Lamont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Spencers Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spencers Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Grove
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Auburn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Benton City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benton City is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Vinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shellsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Garrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Atkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Black Hawk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Jesup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jubilee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jubilee is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jubilee
- Dunkerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkerton is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Gilbertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Raymond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Raymond is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- La Porte City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dewar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dewar is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewar
- Elk Run Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Edwards ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Edwards is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Evansdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eagle Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Center
- Bremer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Klinger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Klinger is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinger
- Readlyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knittel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knittel is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knittel
- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Strawberry Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Volga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Mederville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Masonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Golden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Golden is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Ryan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Forestville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Forestville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Ehler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ehler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehler
- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Delaware
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Delhi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oneida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Greeley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Oelwein
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Oran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oran is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Maynard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Westgate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westgate is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Fayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Randalia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Wadena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- Argand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Argand is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Troy Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coggon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paris ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paris is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lafayette is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Alburnett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toddville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prairieburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Robins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Robins is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,570 people
- Hiawatha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tama County
- Dysart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gatesville, see our County-by-County Page for Gatesville.
Cemeteries Near Gatesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gatesville.
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 Gatesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gatesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- German Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Independence.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95532 <2>
- Rowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quasqueton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quasqueton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quasqueton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Quasqueton.
- The Quasqueton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149540 <2>
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Fremont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Byron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, Gatesville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gatesville, with the one closest to Gatesville listed first.
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quasqueton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rowley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winthrop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Otterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Bryantsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryantsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Monti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monti is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monti
- Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Littleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Littleton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Shady Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brandon is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Hazleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Troy Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Masonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Masonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jesup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gatesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gatesville.
Newspapers Published in Gatesville ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gatesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gatesville, 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 Gatesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Gatesville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Black Hawk County
- Bremer County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Tama 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 Gatesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Gatesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |