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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 Macedonia (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 Macedonia. 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 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 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.

Macedonia is located in Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County: Cass, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Shelby, Douglas (NE), Sarpy (NE) & Washington (NE).

Below are the counties that are near Macedonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Macedonia:

  • Pottawattamie County     (The home county of Macedonia)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Strand
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
  • Cass County
  • Fremont County
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Yorkshire
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Persia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Persia is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Henderson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Emerson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hastings
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Hastings is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Silver City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mineola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Malvern
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Clark is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
    • Glenwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pacific City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pacific City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
    • Folsom
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Folsom is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • Pacific Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hentons ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Hentons is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Elliott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Red Oak
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Stanton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Sciola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
    • Villisca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Page County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Shelby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Corley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Tennant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Cass County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Plattsmouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mynard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas County (NE)
  • Sarpy County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.
    • Avery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Bellevue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Gilmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • La Platte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Macedonia, see our County-by-County Page for Macedonia.

Cemeteries Near Macedonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Macedonia.

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 Macedonia - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Macedonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.

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, Macedonia had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Macedonia had a population of 243 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Macedonia, with the one closest to Macedonia listed first.

  • Henderson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Carson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wales
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wales is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
  • Taylor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor is located in Pottawattamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Oakland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Silver City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hastings
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hastings is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Emerson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hawthorne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
  • Stennett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stennett is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
  • Elliott
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mineola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • York Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • York Center is located in Pottawattamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
    • Hancock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Quick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Quick is located in Pottawattamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Macedonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Macedonia.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Macedonia ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Macedonia.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Macedonia. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Macedonia and those printed in the larger area surrounding Macedonia.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Macedonia.

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 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 Macedonia:

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 Macedonia, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Macedonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.