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 Leslie (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 Leslie. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Leslie is located in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Ringgold, Union, Warren & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Leslie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leslie:
- Clarke County (The home county of Leslie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Green Bay ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Bay is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Lacelle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lacelle is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle
- Weldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Osceola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Hopeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Woodburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Van Wert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Wert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Le Roy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Le Roy is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Garden Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Grand River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Decatur City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Decatur City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Davis City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Davis City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Lamoni
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morgan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morgan is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Pleasanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Derby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Lucas
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lucas is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Chariton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williamson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Truro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- East Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Peru is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Saint Charles
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ord is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
- Macksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Macksburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Winterset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- Newbern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newbern is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Ringgold County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Beaconsfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Ellston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellston is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Kellerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tingley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Diagonal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Thayer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Lorimor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lorimor is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arispe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arispe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Shannon City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shannon City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- East Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Creston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creston
- Creston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- New Virginia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
- Liberty Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Center is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lacona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bevington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Martensdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Milo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Humeston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Millerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millerton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Allerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Hodge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hodge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Corydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lineville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Harrison County (MO)
- Akron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Akron is located in Harrison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Mercer County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- South Lineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Burrows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leslie, see our County-by-County Page for Leslie.
Cemeteries Near Leslie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leslie.
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 Leslie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leslie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Green Bay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lacelle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chaney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Wert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Osceola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95393 <2>
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McKee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Tennessee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gregg 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 in 1895, Leslie had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leslie, with the one closest to Leslie listed first.
- Groveland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groveland is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Green Bay ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Bay is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Lacelle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lacelle is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle
- Weldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Van Wert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Wert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Osceola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Smyrna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Hopeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Le Roy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Le Roy is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Woodburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Grand River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Garden Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Jamison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leslie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leslie.
Newspapers Published in Leslie ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leslie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leslie, 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 Leslie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Leslie:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Lucas County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Ringgold County
- Union County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Harrison County
- Mercer 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 Leslie, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leslie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |