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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 Green Castle (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 Green Castle. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Green Castle is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story & Tama.

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

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Green Castle)
  • Boone County
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Castle, with the one closest to Green Castle listed first.
    • Granger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • High Bridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Mahaska County
  • Marion County
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Castle, with the one closest to Green Castle listed first.
    • Rhodes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhodes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
      • Rhodes is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
    • Melbourne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Malta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
      • Malta is located in Marshall County
    • State Center Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Center Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Center Junction
      • State Center Junction is located in Marshall County
    • State Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Center
      • State Center is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State Center <1>
    • Laurel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
      • Laurel is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Haverhill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haverhill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
      • Haverhill is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haverhill <1>
    • Luray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Luray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Luray is located in Marshall County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Luray
      • From Green Castle to Luray
    • LaMoille
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferguson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferguson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Clemons
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
      • Clemons is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Gilman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Castle, with the one closest to Green Castle listed first.
    • Santiago
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Santiago. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
      • Santiago is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Santiago
      • From Green Castle to Santiago
    • Mitchellville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchellville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
      • Mitchellville is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mitchellville <1>
    • Loring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bondurant
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bondurant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondurant
      • Bondurant is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondurant <1>
    • Altoona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,503 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altoona <1>
    • Elkhart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rising Sun
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Berwick
      • From Green Castle to Berwick
    • Runnells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,025 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <1>
    • Adelphi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adelphi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelphi
      • Adelphi is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Adelphi
      • From Green Castle to Adelphi
    • Ankeny
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ankeny have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankeny
      • Ankeny is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,068 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ankeny <1>
  • Poweshiek County
  • Story County
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Castle, with the one closest to Green Castle listed first.
    • Hartford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <1>
    • Palmyra
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lakewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ackworth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ackworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
      • Ackworth is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Orillia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orillia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orillia
      • Orillia is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Orillia
      • From Green Castle to Orillia
    • Indianola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people

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

Cemeteries Near Green Castle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Castle.

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 Green Castle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Greencastle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greencastle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greencastle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McKeever Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKeever Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKeever Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shipp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shipp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shipp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Graham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Slaughter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slaughter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slaughter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kintz Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kintz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kintz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ashton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (295 more) ...
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mitchellville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchellville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchellville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rorabaugh Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rorabaugh Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rorabaugh 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Green Castle had a population of 229 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Mingo
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Valeria
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valeria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
    • Valeria is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
  • Oswalt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ira
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Santiago
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Santiago. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
    • Santiago is located in Polk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Santiago
    • From Green Castle to Santiago
  • Clyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clyde. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Jasper County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clyde
    • From Green Castle to Clyde
  • Mitchellville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchellville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
    • Mitchellville is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mitchellville <1>
  • Baxter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Metz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bondurant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bondurant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondurant
    • Bondurant is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondurant <1>
  • Prairie City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Collins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Coal Siding ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Siding
      • Coal Siding is located in Jasper County
    • Newton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Green Castle ...

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 267 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Castle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Castle, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Castle.

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 helpful 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 Green Castle:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Castle. 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>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.
<5>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 Green Castle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Green Castle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Green Castle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7463, Longitude: -93.2608    









 

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