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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 Hinton (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 Hinton. 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.

Hinton is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Cherokee, Sioux, Woodbury & Union (SD).

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

  • Plymouth County     (The home county of Hinton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
    • James
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Merrill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Adaville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Millnerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brunsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Le Mars
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • O'Leary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Oyens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Oyens is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Craig
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Craig is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Westfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Struble
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Struble is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Akron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
    • Fielding
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Marcus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Washta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Monona County
  • Sioux County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
    • McNally
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Chatsworth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ireton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Maurice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Maurice is located in Sioux County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Hawarden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Alton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
    • Evergreen Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Holiday Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
    • Regency of Sioux City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Regency of Sioux City is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency of Sioux City
    • Sioux City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawton is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Glen Ellen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Moville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sergeant Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Salix
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Pierson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Pierson is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Climbing Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Anthon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dakota County (NE)
  • Dixon County (NE)
  • Thurston County (NE)
    • Winnebago
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Clay County (SD)
  • Union County (SD)

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

Cemeteries Near Hinton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinton.

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 Hinton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Hinton had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hinton had a population of 954 people.

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

  • James
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Potosia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Potosia is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosia
  • Leeds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leeds is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
  • Merrill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Neptune
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Neptune is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Sioux City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Adaville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Covington is located in Dakota County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • South Sioux City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Center
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Union Center is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
  • Le Mars
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crathorne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Crathorne is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crathorne
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hinton ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hinton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hinton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hinton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Hinton.

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 Hinton:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hinton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Hinton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.