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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 Iveyville (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 Iveyville. 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 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.

Iveyville is primarily located in Adams County. A portion of Iveyville extends into Taylor 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 Adams County: Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union.

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

  • Adams County     (The home county of Iveyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Brooks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Nodaway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nodaway is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Corning
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mercer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Queen City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Queen City is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Quincy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Quincy is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Carbon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Prescott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stringtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stringtown is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Strand
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
    • Mount Etna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
    • Carl
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adair County
  • Cass County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Villisca
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
    • Tenville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sciola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Grant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grant is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Red Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Coburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Elliott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Hawleyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hawleyville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
    • Hepburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hepburn is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Clarinda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shambaugh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorktown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yorktown is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Nyman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tarkio City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarkio City is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
    • Braddyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • College Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • College Springs is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Essex
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Coin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ringgold County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Diagonal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Knowlton ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Maloy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Benton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Benton is located in Ringgold County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Delphos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Delphos is located in Ringgold County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
      • Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
    • Redding
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Redding is located in Ringgold County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Guss
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gravity
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ladoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sharpsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lenox
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • New Market
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Conway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Conway is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Bedford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Clearfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Siam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Blockton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Blockton is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Athelstan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Athelstan is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
  • Union County
  • Nodaway County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville listed first.
    • Hopkins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Hopkins is located in Nodaway County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins <1>
    • Gaynor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Clearmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Worth County (MO)

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

Cemeteries Near Iveyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iveyville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iveyville, with the one closest to Iveyville 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 in 1895, Iveyville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Holt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Holt is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Brooks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Guss
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Nodaway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nodaway is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Corning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Quincy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Quincy is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Villisca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Ladoga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Gravity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sharpsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
  • Carbon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hawleyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hawleyville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
    • Hepburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hepburn is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • New Market
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Iveyville ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iveyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iveyville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iveyville.

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 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 Iveyville:

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