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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 High Amana (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 High Amana. 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 hospitals and 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.

High Amana is located in Iowa 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 Iowa County: Benton, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Poweshiek, Tama & Washington.

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

  • Iowa County     (The home county of High Amana)
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • West Amana
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • West Amana is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amana
    • Middle Amana
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • South Amana
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Amana
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Conroy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Conroy is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
    • Marengo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Williamsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Dayton is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Ladora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Parnell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Millersburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersburg is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • North English
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Norway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Watkins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Watkins is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
    • Blairstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Atkins
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Newhall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Luzerne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Luzerne is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Van Horne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Van Horne is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 646 people
    • Belle Plaine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Keystone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shellsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Irving
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Irving is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Benton City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Benton City is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Oxford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Swisher
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cou Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cou Falls is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cou Falls
    • Shueyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Shueyville is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
    • Cosgrove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cosgrove is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosgrove
    • Tiffin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Windham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Windham is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
    • North Liberty
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Coralville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Oakdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oakdale is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Frytown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Frytown is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
    • Williamstown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamstown is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Keokuk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Kinross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kinross is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • South English
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • South English is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Aurora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aurora is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Webster
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Webster is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Keswick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Harper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Harper is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Keota
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Walford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Walford is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
    • Fairfax
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand View Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Grand View Village is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Village
    • Western
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Western is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
    • Cedar Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Hills is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
    • Covington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Covington is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Lincolnway Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
    • Ely
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ely is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <1>
    • Cedar Rapids
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Palo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hiawatha
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Louisa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Louisa is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Poweshiek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Victor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hartwick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Hartwick is located in Poweshiek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Guernsey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooklyn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Deep River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
    • Tilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
  • Tama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Elberon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chelsea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Vining
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vining is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Long Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Long Point is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
    • Clutier
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gladstone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Gladstone is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Amana, with the one closest to High Amana listed first.
    • Wellman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Nira
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Nira is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
    • Kalona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kalona is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <1>
    • Riverside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near High Amana ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Amana.

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 High Amana - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Maas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Middle Amana Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • West Amana Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Maas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Kumer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Scotch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Old Scotch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lenox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Niles - Sprague Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (308 more) ...
    • Brown Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Linwood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bishop Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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>

While we didn't find High Amana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of High Amana.

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

  • South Amana
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Amana
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Homestead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Conroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Conroy is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
  • Watkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Watkins is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
  • Norway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Marengo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Walford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Walford is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
  • Oxford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Blairstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfax
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ladora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Atkins
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Newhall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in High Amana ...

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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Amana.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Amana, 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 High Amana.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 High Amana:

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 High Amana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- High Amana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.