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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 Glendon (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 Glendon. 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.

Glendon is located in Guthrie County.

To see how the shape of Iowa's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Guthrie County: Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Dallas, Greene & Madison.

Below are the counties that are near Glendon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glendon:

  • Guthrie County     (The home county of Glendon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Dale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Menlo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Panora
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Guthrie Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Center
      • Guthrie Center is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guthrie Center <1>
    • Stuart
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
      • Stuart is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <1>
    • Casey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
      • Casey is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casey <1>
    • Yale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Adair
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
      • Adair is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adair <1>
    • North Branch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bagley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bagley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
      • Bagley is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Herndon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jamaica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Adair County
  • Audubon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Exira
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exira have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exira
      • Exira is located in Audubon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exira <1>
    • Hamlin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Hamlin is located in Audubon County
    • Brayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Audubon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ross
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone County
    • Berkley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berkley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
      • Berkley is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Berkley
      • From Glendon to Berkley
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Coon Rapids
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coon Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Rapids
      • Coon Rapids is located in Carroll County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coon Rapids <1>
    • Dedham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Anita
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
      • Anita is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anita <1>
    • Wiota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
      • Wiota is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wiota <1>
    • Norway Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Massena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas County
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Cooper
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cooper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Cooper is located in Greene County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cooper
      • From Glendon to Cooper
    • Rippey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Jefferson is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,075 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson <1>
    • Scranton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scranton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Scranton is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scranton <1>
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.
    • Earlham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earlham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlham
      • Earlham is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlham <1>
    • Pitzer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pitzer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
      • Pitzer is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pitzer
      • From Glendon to Pitzer
    • Webster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Winterset
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Macksburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ord
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ord. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
      • Ord is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ord
      • From Glendon to Ord

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glendon, see our County-by-County Page for Glendon.

Cemeteries Near Glendon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glendon.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glendon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.

  • Glendon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glendon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monteith Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monteith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monteith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monteith Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monteith Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monteith Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Menlo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Menlo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Menlo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morrisburg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrisburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrisburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stanfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (203 more) ...
    • North Oak Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Glendon had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Glendon, with the one closest to Glendon listed first.

  • Monteith
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monteith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
    • Monteith is located in Guthrie County
  • Dale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Menlo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Panora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stuart
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
    • Stuart is located in Guthrie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <1>
  • Linden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Guthrie Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Center
    • Guthrie Center is located in Guthrie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guthrie Center <1>
  • Casey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
    • Casey is located in Guthrie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casey <1>
  • Fanslers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fanslers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanslers
    • Fanslers is located in Guthrie County
  • Dexter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Redfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Yale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Adair
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
      • Adair is located in Guthrie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adair <1>
    • Kennedy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
      • Kennedy is located in Dallas County
    • Wichita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wichita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichita
      • Wichita is located in Guthrie County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glendon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glendon.

Newspapers Published in Glendon ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glendon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glendon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glendon.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Glendon:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glendon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Glendon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Glendon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glendon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5959, Longitude: -94.4016       In this case, the coordinates for Glendon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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