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 Granville (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 Granville. 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.
Granville is located in Sioux 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 Sioux County: Lyon, O'Brien, Plymouth, Lincoln (SD) & Union (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Granville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Granville:
- Sioux County (The home county of Granville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Hospers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orange City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Middleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Boyden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Maurice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Sioux Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Matlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Ireton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista County
- Elkton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkton is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Marcus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cleghorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Meriden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Larrabee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Larrabee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Mary Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Fielding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Cherokee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quimby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Washta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Aurelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Peterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Everly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- George
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Doon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edna is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- O'Brien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Germantown is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Paullina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paullina is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Primghar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Calumet is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Sanborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sutherland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hartley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Moneta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Ashton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Sibley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- May City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Plymouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Remsen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oyens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Struble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Le Mars
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- O'Leary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
- Craig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Brunsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Merrill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodbury County
- Pierson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Lincoln County (SD)
- Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Granville, see our County-by-County Page for Granville.
Cemeteries Near Granville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granville.
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 Granville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Granville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Floyd Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hospers Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hospers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Newkirk Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nassau Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Prairie View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (121 more) ...
- Eason Family Burial Plot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marcus - Amherst Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Granville had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Granville had a population of 303 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Granville, with the one closest to Granville listed first.
- Hospers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newkirk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newkirk is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
- Paullina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paullina is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Orange City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carnes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carnes is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
- Marcus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Remsen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sheldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Oyens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cleghorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Primghar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seney is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Granville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Granville.
Newspapers Published in Granville ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granville, 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 Granville.
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 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 Granville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Sioux County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Lyon County
- O'Brien County
- Osceola County
- Plymouth County
- Woodbury County
- Lincoln 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 Granville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Granville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |