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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Maple Landing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Maple Landing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maple Landing, please Contact Us.

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 Maple Landing (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 Maple Landing. 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 Maple Landing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Maple Landing: Maple Lndg. (or less commonly used: Maple Lndng.)

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 southeast 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Maple Landing is historic, it would have been located within present day Monona 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 Monona County: Crawford, Harrison, Woodbury, Burt (NE) & Thurston (NE).

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

  • Monona County     (The home county of Maple Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Whiting
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Albaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Albaton is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albaton
    • Onawa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Turin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Blencoe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Blencoe is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Castana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rodney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rodney is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Moorhead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mapleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Soldier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Ute
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ute is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ute
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ute <2>
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Little Sioux
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pisgah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Orson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orson is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
    • Mondamin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Woodbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Sloan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hornick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hornick is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Salix
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Smithland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Climbing Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climbing Hill
    • Bronson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bronson is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
    • Oto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oto is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Sergeant Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Glen Ellen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
    • Lawton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lawton is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Danbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Anthon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Burt County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Decatur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bertha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bertha is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
    • Lyons
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <2>
    • Tekamah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Oakland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Craig
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Craig is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <2>
  • Cuming County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Bancroft
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • West Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Point is located in Cuming County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
      • West Point has also been known as:
      • Westpoint
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <2>
  • Dakota County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Homer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Homer is located in Dakota County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <2>
    • Dakota City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Sioux City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hubbard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dixon County (NE)
    • Emerson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodge County (NE)
    • Uehling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Thurston County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Macy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Walthill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rosalie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rosalie is located in Thurston County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosalie <2>
    • Winnebago
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pender
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Pender is located in Thurston County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pender
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pender <2>
    • Thurston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Washington County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Landing, with the one closest to Maple Landing listed first.
    • Herman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Herman is located in Washington County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herman <2>
    • Admah ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Admah is located in Washington County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
  • Union County (SD)

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

Cemeteries Near Maple Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Landing.

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 Maple Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Harrison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hite Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Whiting Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Omaha Tribal Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Tribal Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Omaha Tribal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Macy (NE).
    • The Omaha Tribal Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Blackbird Hill Cemetery
    • Umo Ho Tribal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101083 <3>
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Onawa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sloan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Graceland Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (101 more) ...
    • Kennebec Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • German City Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.

Maple Landing itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 37 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Whiting
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Decatur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Onawa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Albaton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Albaton is located in Monona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albaton
  • Sloan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hornick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hornick is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
  • Blencoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Blencoe is located in Monona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Turin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Ticonic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ticonic is located in Monona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ticonic
  • Holly Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Springs is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Bertha
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bertha is located in Burt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
  • Salix
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Castana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rodney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rodney is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Winnebago
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Maple Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Landing.

Newspapers Published in Maple Landing ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Maple Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Maple Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maple Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.