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 Maple River (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 River. 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 River ...
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 River: Maple Riv.
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 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.
Maple River is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Maple River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple River:
- Carroll County (The home county of Maple River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Carroll Community Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Breda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Halbur
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Lidderdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Willey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Glidden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Templeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lanesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Dedham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Audubon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Gray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Audubon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fiscus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Hamlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamlin is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Yetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Sherwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Lytton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lohrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Rockwell City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Rinard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Farnhamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Twin Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Westside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aspinwall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Boyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Deloit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Manilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kiron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Denison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Astor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Sunset Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Schleswig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buck Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Scranton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Churdan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Farlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Guthrie County
- Bayard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ida County
- Arthur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Herring ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Wall Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Lake View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Sac City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Early
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Botna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Irwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kirkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple River, see our County-by-County Page for Maple River.
Cemeteries Near Maple River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple River.
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 River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- St. Francis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arcadia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carroll City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luckow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Breda.
- The Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wheatland Cemetery
- Wheatland Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96658 <2>
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Westside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Maple River had a population of 144 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple River, with the one closest to Maple River listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Carroll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Halbur
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Breda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Kentner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kentner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
- Westside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carnarvon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glidden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Templeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vail
(13 miles [20.9 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 Maple River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple River.
Newspapers Published in Maple River ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple River, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple River.
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 Maple River:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Calhoun County
- Crawford County
- Greene County
- Guthrie County
- Ida County
- Sac County
- Shelby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maple River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Maple River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |