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 Kentner (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 Kentner. 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 and 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.
Kentner is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Kentner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kentner:
- Carroll County (The home county of Kentner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Lidderdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Lanesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Carroll Community Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Breda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Glidden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Willey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Ralston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Halbur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Dedham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Audubon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Gray
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yetter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Wightman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Lohrville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lytton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Rockwell City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Farnhamville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Jolley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Westside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vail
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Aspinwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Deloit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Kiron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Astor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Churdan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Scranton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cooper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Dana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Guthrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Bayard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Ida County
- Arthur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Pocahontas County
- Fonda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Lake View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Herring ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Sac City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Early
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Shelby County
- Botna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Slifer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
- Gowrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Callender
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kentner, see our County-by-County Page for Kentner.
Cemeteries Near Kentner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kentner.
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 Kentner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kentner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Immanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Luckow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dickson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Grant City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, Kentner had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kentner, with the one closest to Kentner listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Carroll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grant City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Breda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Glidden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carnarvon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Roselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Willey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Halbur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Westside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kentner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kentner.
Newspapers Published in Kentner ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kentner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kentner, 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 Kentner.
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 Kentner:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Calhoun County
- Crawford County
- Greene County
- Guthrie County
- Ida County
- Pocahontas County
- Sac County
- Shelby County
- Webster 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 Kentner, 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- Kentner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |