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 Manteno (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 Manteno. 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 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.
Manteno is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Harrison & Pottawattamie.
Below are the counties that are near Manteno. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manteno:
- Shelby County (The home county of Manteno)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Earling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Panama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Portsmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Harlan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tennant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Botna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Corley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Shelby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elk Horn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Audubon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Fiscus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Kimballton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Manning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Dow City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Arion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Buck Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Astor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Sunset Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Denison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charter Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ricketts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Aspinwall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Deloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Dunlap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Persia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Pisgah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Orson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Little Sioux
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Missouri Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mondamin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Modale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Soldier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ute
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Castana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blencoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Minden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Neola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
- Walnut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Loveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Woodbury County
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manteno, see our County-by-County Page for Manteno.
Cemeteries Near Manteno ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manteno.
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 Manteno - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manteno covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Gallands Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grove Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Doyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- LDS Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dow City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Butler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (146 more) ...
- Union Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buck Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Manteno had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manteno, with the one closest to Manteno listed first.
- Dunlap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dow City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Panama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Bell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Buck Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Defiance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Woodbine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portsmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Astor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kirkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Denison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manteno. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manteno.
Newspapers Published in Manteno ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manteno.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manteno, 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 Manteno.
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 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 Manteno:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Harrison County
- Monona County
- Pottawattamie County
- Woodbury 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manteno) 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 Manteno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |