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 Knoke (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 Knoke. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Knoke is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Buena Vista, Carroll, Greene, Pocahontas, Sac & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Knoke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knoke:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Knoke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Jolley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Pomeroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lytton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Rockwell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Yetter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Knierim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rinard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Newell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Albert City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Storm Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Casino Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Truesdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Rembrandt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Lanesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Breda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Lidderdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Greene County
- Churdan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Pioneer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Gilmore City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bradgate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Rutland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Palo Alto County
- Mallard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Fonda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pocahontas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Havelock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laurens
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rolfe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Sac City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nemaha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Early
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Wall Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Schaller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Herring ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Odebolt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Barnum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barnum is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Clare
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Tara
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
- Slifer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
- Moorland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Callender
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Gowrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Dodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knoke, see our County-by-County Page for Knoke.
Cemeteries Near Knoke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knoke.
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 Knoke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knoke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Pomeroy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96531 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swedish Mission Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elfsborg Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elfsborg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swedish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cooke 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>
While we didn't find Knoke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knoke.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knoke, with the one closest to Knoke listed first.
- Jolley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Pomeroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Fonda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sac City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lizard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
- Pocahontas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Sulphur Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knoke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knoke.
Newspapers Published in Knoke ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knoke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knoke, 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 Knoke.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Knoke:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Carroll County
- Greene County
- Humboldt County
- Palo Alto County
- Pocahontas County
- Sac 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 Knoke, 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' (or 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- Knoke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |