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 Lincoln Center (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 Lincoln Center. 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.
Name Variations for Lincoln Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lincoln Center: Lincoln Ctr. (or less commonly used: Lincoln Cen., Lincoln Cent. or Lincoln Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lincoln Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lincoln Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Lincoln Center is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Lincoln Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lincoln Center:
- Adams County (The home county of Lincoln Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Strand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Quincy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Mount Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Carl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Nodaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Prescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iveyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Bridgewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Fontanelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
- Orient
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Audubon County
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Dewey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Lyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Massena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Norway Center is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Center
- Griswold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Wiota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Atlantic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Anita
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Guthrie County
- Adair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Emerson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Sciola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Tenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Villisca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Stanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Red Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Hepburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Hawleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Nyman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Clarinda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Essex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Carson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Macedonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Guss
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Lenox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Gravity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Ladoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- New Market
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Clearfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Creston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lincoln Center, see our County-by-County Page for Lincoln Center.
Cemeteries Near Lincoln Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lincoln Center.
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 Lincoln Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lincoln Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Strand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Larson Burial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson Burial Gardens
- The Larson Burial Gardens has also been known as:
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
- Norway Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
- Rockdale Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96481 <2>
- Indian Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Timothy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old East Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Douglas Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reno Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Quincy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Etna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morton Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Mt. Etna Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Lincoln Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lincoln Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lincoln Center, with the one closest to Lincoln Center listed first.
- Strand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Quincy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Mount Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Sciola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Lyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Carl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Massena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nodaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Villisca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lincoln Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lincoln Center.
Newspapers Published in Lincoln Center ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lincoln Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lincoln Center, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lincoln Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Lincoln Center:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Audubon County
- Cass County
- Guthrie County
- Mills County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Pottawattamie County
- Taylor County
- Union 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 Lincoln Center, 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 from Point A (ie- Lincoln Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |