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 Manhattan Beach Resort (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 Manhattan Beach Resort. 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 Manhattan Beach Resort ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Manhattan Beach Resort: Manhattan Bch. Resort
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 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.
Manhattan Beach Resort is located in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County: Clay, Emmet, Osceola & Jackson (MN).
Below are the counties that are near Manhattan Beach Resort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manhattan Beach Resort:
- Dickinson County (The home county of Manhattan Beach Resort)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Okoboji
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wahpeton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- West Okoboji
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Arnolds Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spirit Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Lake Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Terril
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Fostoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Langdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Everly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dickens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gillett Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Rossie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rossie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Cornell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cornell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Emmet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Estherville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wallingford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Gruver
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Dolliver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hoprig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- O'Brien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Hartley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Moneta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Sanborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- May City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Ocheyedan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ocheyedan is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheyedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Allendorf
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allendorf is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorf
- Melvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melvin is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Sibley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Palo Alto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Ruthven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graettinger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ayrshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Sioux Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lakefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alpha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Okabena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Heron Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Wilder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Martin County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Dunnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunnell is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Ceylon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sherburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nobles County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Round Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Worthington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Org
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Org is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Org
- Bigelow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manhattan Beach Resort, see our County-by-County Page for Manhattan Beach Resort.
Cemeteries Near Manhattan Beach Resort ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manhattan Beach Resort.
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 Manhattan Beach Resort - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manhattan Beach Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Lakeland Memory Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Margaret Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Excelsior Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Sioux Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Westport Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loon Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Superior Twp. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sioux Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Manhattan Beach Resort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manhattan Beach Resort.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manhattan Beach Resort, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach Resort listed first.
- Okoboji
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arnolds Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spirit Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sioux Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- May City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Estherville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Everly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Round Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manhattan Beach Resort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manhattan Beach Resort.
Newspapers Published in Manhattan Beach Resort ...
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 Manhattan Beach Resort.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manhattan Beach Resort, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manhattan Beach Resort.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Manhattan Beach Resort:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dickinson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Emmet County
- O'Brien County
- Osceola County
- Palo Alto County
- Jackson County
- Martin County
- Nobles 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> | 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 Manhattan Beach Resort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Manhattan Beach Resort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |