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 Lytton (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 Lytton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lytton is primarily located in Calhoun County. A portion of Lytton extends into Sac 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 Lytton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lytton:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Lytton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Yetter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Jolley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Sherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Rockwell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Pomeroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Manson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Lohrville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knierim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rinard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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 Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Newell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Casino Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Storm Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Albert City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Truesdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Marathon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Breda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Lanesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Lidderdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Carroll Community Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Glidden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ralston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Halbur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Roselle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Willey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Boyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Westside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kiron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- Churdan
(27 miles [43.5 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 Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Pioneer
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Galva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Fonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Varina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Palmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Havelock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Laurens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Sac City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grant City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nemaha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Wall Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Early
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Herring ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Odebolt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Schaller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Barnum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barnum is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Slifer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
- Moorland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Callender
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Callender is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Tara
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
- Gowrie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lytton, see our County-by-County Page for Lytton.
Cemeteries Near Lytton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lytton.
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 Lytton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lytton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Cedar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lutheran Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Sac City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95687 <2>
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (146 more) ...
- Grant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grant City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cooke Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Lytton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lytton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lytton, with the one closest to Lytton listed first.
- Sac City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jolley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Grant City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rockwell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Fonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pomeroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carnarvon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wall Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Rands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Early
(15 miles [24.1 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 Lytton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lytton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lytton ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lytton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lytton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lytton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lytton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Lytton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lytton:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Greene County
- Humboldt County
- Ida 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 Lytton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Lytton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |