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 Judd (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 Judd. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Judd is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Judd. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Judd:
- Webster County (The home county of Judd)
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Duncombe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evanston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Brushy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Cypsum City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cypsum City is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypsum City
- Coalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Border Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Kalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kalo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
- Otho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lehigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vincent is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Burnside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Badger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Boxholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pilot Mound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Fraser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fraser is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Mackey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Boone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Knierim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Somers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Farnhamville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Rinard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Manson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lohrville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Paton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Churdan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Webster City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stratford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kamrar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stanhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Blairsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Jewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Williams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Thor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dakota City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Hardy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hardy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Rutland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Arnold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Renwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gilmore City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Bode
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Bradgate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kossuth County
- Lu Verne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pocahontas County
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Story County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Story City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zenorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zenorsville is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenorsville
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Woolstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Eagle Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goldfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Holmes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
- Clarion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Galt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Solberg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solberg is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solberg
- Dows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Judd, see our County-by-County Page for Judd.
Cemeteries Near Judd ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Judd.
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 Judd - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Judd covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colfax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Otho Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Border Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Dodge Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Dodge Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Dodge Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Fort Dodge.
- The Ft. Dodge Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95444 <2>
- Ober & Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawn Cemetery
- The North Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haviland Cemetery
- St. Paul German Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95607 <2>
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is located in Fort Dodge.
- Graceland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Judd had a population of 29 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Judd, with the one closest to Judd listed first.
- Evanston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Duncombe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brushy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Coalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Kalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kalo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
- Border Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Flugstad ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flugstad is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugstad
- Otho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lehigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vincent is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Burnside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Badger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webster City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Judd. See our List of 1890's Communities around Judd.
Newspapers Published in Judd ...
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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Judd.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Judd, 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 Judd.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Judd:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Humboldt County
- Kossuth County
- Pocahontas 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 Judd, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Judd) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |