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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 Iowa Falls Junction (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 Iowa Falls Junction. 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 Iowa Falls Junction ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Iowa Falls Junction: Iowa Falls Jct. (or less commonly used: Iowa Falls Jctn.)
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Iowa Falls Junction is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marshall, Story & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Iowa Falls Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iowa Falls Junction:
- Hardin County (The home county of Iowa Falls Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Iowa Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Robertson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robertson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
- Eagle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Owasa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Buckeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Abbott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Ackley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cleves
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Steamboat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Eldora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Austinville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Austinville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Aplington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kesley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesley
- Dumont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aredale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Sinclair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sinclair is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Butler Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Center
- Allison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coster is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Cerro Gordo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Meservey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meservey is located in Cerro Gordo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meservey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
- Dougherty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dougherty is located in Cerro Gordo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougherty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Thornton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thornton is located in Cerro Gordo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bradford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Popejoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Reeve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reeve is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Faulkner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coulter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coulter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Latimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hansell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chapin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Alexander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Sheffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheffield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Wellsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Buck Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Buck Grove is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fern is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Grundy Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stout is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Conrad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Williams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blairsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Ellsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
- Jewell has also been known as:
- Jewell Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <1>
- Randall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Kamrar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Webster City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bangor is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Liscomb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liscomb is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Saint Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Clemons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clemons is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Story County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Zearing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McCallsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McCallsburg is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Roland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roland is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Story City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Dows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rowan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solberg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Solberg is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solberg
- Clarion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelia is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Woolstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iowa Falls Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Iowa Falls Junction.
Cemeteries Near Iowa Falls Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iowa Falls Junction.
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 Iowa Falls Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iowa Falls Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jackson Heights Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buckeye Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kidwiler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Cottage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Iowa Falls Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Iowa Falls Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iowa Falls Junction, with the one closest to Iowa Falls Junction listed first.
- Iowa Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Owasa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Robertson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robertson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
- Burdette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Hughs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hughs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
- Abbott Crossing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Abbott Crossing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Crossing
- Popejoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Abbott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Reeve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reeve is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Cleves
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Ackley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Faulkner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Steamboat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iowa Falls Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iowa Falls Junction.
Newspapers Published in Iowa Falls Junction ...
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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iowa Falls Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iowa Falls Junction, 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 Iowa Falls Junction.
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 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 Iowa Falls Junction:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Cerro Gordo County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Marshall County
- Story County
- Wright 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> | 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 Iowa Falls Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iowa Falls Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |