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 Germanville (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 Germanville. 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.
Germanville is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Davis, Henry, Keokuk, Van Buren, Wapello & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Germanville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Germanville:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Germanville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Pleasant Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Lockridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Packwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Libertyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Abingdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Linby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Pekin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Batavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Des Moines County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Yarmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Wayland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Olds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Swedesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Westwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Mount Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Amish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- River Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Ollie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Keota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nugent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Harper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Kinross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Hayesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Sigourney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- South English
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Houghton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Big Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Mount Hamill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Pilot Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Primrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Wyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Cotter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Columbus City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Morning Sun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wapello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Muscatine County
- Conesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Stockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Mount Zion
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kilbourn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Douds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Selma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Bonaparte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Keosauqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Competine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Eldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Agency
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cliffland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Highland Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Coppock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Havre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Ainsworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Wellman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kalona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Germanville, see our County-by-County Page for Germanville.
Cemeteries Near Germanville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Germanville.
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 Germanville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Germanville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Germanville Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- German Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shuppy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Polishville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chilcott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Haynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shively Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Germanville had a population of 36 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Germanville, with the one closest to Germanville listed first.
- Merrimac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Coppock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Salina
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Wayland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Lockridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Veo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Veo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veo
- Beckwith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beckwith is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Noble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Noble is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Grace Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Hill
- Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Germanville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Germanville.
Newspapers Published in Germanville ...
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 167 newspapers that have been published in the area around Germanville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Germanville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Germanville.
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 Germanville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Des Moines County
- Henry County
- Johnson County
- Keokuk County
- Lee County
- Louisa County
- Muscatine County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello County
- Washington 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> | 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 Germanville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Germanville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |