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 Kirkville (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 Kirkville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Kirkville is located in Wapello 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 Wapello County: Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Kirkville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirkville:
- Wapello County (The home county of Kirkville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Chillicothe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Keb ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Dudley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Eddyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Bidwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Dahlonega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Ottumwa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Ottumwa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Competine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Agency
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Appanoose County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Udell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Darbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Iconium
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iconium is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iconium
- Rathbun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Carbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Floris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Drakesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Chequest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Steuben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Iowa County
- Ambrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Pekin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Linby
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Abingdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Batavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Packwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Maharishi Vedic City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Libertyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Hedrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Martinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Hayesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Nugent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- What Cheer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sigourney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ollie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Coal Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Thornburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Gibson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Keswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Fremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Exeelsior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Keomah Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Keomah Village is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keomah Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Givin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givin
- University Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- University Park is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Oskaloosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakonta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lakonta is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakonta
- Beacon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Evans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Fishville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Bussey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bussey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bussey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Tracy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Marysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Harvey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Attica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Attica is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Indiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Indiana is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana
- Pershing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pershing is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pershing
- Pella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howell ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Avery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Albia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Selection
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Lovilia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poweshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Douds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Washington County
- Rubio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirkville, see our County-by-County Page for Kirkville.
Cemeteries Near Kirkville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirkville.
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 Kirkville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirkville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Thompson Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Funk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Griffith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stump Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chillicothe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Myrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Funk Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Columbia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Burns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Twp. Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kirkville had a population of 714 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Kirkville had a population of 177 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirkville, with the one closest to Kirkville listed first.
- Chillicothe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Keb ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Fremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Eddyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Exeelsior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Bidwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Dahlonega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Frederic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frederic is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Munterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Munterville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munterville
- Ottumwa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirkville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirkville.
Newspapers Published in Kirkville ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirkville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirkville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirkville.
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 Kirkville:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Wapello County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appanoose County
- Davis County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Mahaska County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Poweshiek County
- Van Buren County
- Washington 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 Kirkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Kirkville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |