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 Ida Grove (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 Ida Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Ida Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ida Grove: Ida Grv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Ida Grove is located in Ida County and is the County Seat.
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 Ida County: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Monona, Sac & Woodbury.
Below are the counties that are near Ida Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ida Grove:
- Ida County (The home county of Ida Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Arthur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Battle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holstein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Galva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Juniata
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Casino Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Lakeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Storm Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Truesdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Breda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Washta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Quimby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Aurelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fielding
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Cherokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mary Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Schleswig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kiron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ricketts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Boyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Deloit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Charter Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Denison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Sunset Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Vail
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Arion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Mapleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ute
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Castana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Soldier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth County
- Kingsley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Odebolt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Schaller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Herring ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Early
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Lake View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Nemaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sac City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grant City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Cushing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Danbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Correctionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anthon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oto is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Pierson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Smithland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Climbing Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climbing Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ida Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Ida Grove.
Cemeteries Near Ida Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ida Grove.
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 Ida Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ida Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Ida Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moorehead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hayes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Battle Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- OLGC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galva Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Galva Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (134 more) ...
- Odebolt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Galva City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Holstein Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Ida Grove had a population of 1,583 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ida Grove had a population of 2,037 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ida Grove, with the one closest to Ida Grove listed first.
- Battle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arthur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Holstein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Odebolt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Galva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kiron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cushing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Danbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schaller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deloit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Early
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Correctionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Charter Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ida Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ida Grove.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ida Grove ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ida Grove.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ida Grove. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ida Grove and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ida Grove.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Ida Grove.
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 Ida Grove:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Ida County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Carroll County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Monona County
- Plymouth County
- Sac County
- Woodbury 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 Ida Grove, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ida Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |