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 Lockman (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 Lockman. 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.
Lockman is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Wapello & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Lockman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lockman:
- Monroe County (The home county of Lockman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Avery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Albia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Selection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Lovilia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Appanoose County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Moravia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Iconium
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iconium is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iconium
- Unionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Darbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Rathbun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Udell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Walnut City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut City is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut City
- Clarkdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Mystic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Sunshine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Brazil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brazil is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Paris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Carbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Drakesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Floris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Batavia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Hedrick
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- What Cheer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Zero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zero is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
- Olmitz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Olmitz is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmitz
- Russell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chariton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Lakonta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lakonta is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakonta
- Givin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givin
- Beacon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beacon is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Cedar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Evans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Evans is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Oskaloosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- University Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- University Park is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Wright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Fishville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fishville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Exeelsior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Leighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Keomah Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keomah Village is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keomah Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bussey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bussey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bussey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Marysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Tracy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Indiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana
- Harvey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Pershing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pershing is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pershing
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Columbia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Howell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Knoxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melcher - Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Melcher - Dallas is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melcher - Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Eddyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chillicothe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bidwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Kirkville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Keb ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Ottumwa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dahlonega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- East Ottumwa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Highland Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Agency
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cliffland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Wayne County
- Confidence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Confidence is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lockman, see our County-by-County Page for Lockman.
Cemeteries Near Lockman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lockman.
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 Lockman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lockman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Divide Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnston Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hayden Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dave Roberts Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Service Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beebe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beebe Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the east of Albia.
- The Beebe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chedister Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94467 <3>
- Old Shahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Albia.
- The Oakview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #521670 <3>
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thorpe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lockman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lockman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lockman, with the one closest to Lockman listed first.
- Avery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Maxon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maxon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
- Frederic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frederic is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Albia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eveland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eveland is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eveland
- Hagerty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hagerty is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerty
- Munterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Munterville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munterville
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Eddyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Hiteman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hiteman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiteman
- Selection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Lovilia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lockman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lockman.
Newspapers Published in Lockman ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lockman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lockman, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lockman.
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 either 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 Lockman:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appanoose County
- Davis County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Lucas County
- Mahaska County
- Marion County
- Wapello County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Lockman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lockman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |