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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 Marquisville (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 Marquisville. 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 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.

Marquisville is located in Polk County.

To see how the shape of Iowa's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story & Warren.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Marquisville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marquisville, with the one closest to Marquisville listed first.
    • Berwick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Berwick
      • From Marquisville to Berwick
    • Carney
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
      • Carney is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Carney
      • From Marquisville to Carney
    • Saylorville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saylorville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylorville
      • Saylorville is located in Polk County
    • Country Estate Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Estate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estate Village
      • Country Estate Village is located in Polk County
    • Ankeny
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ankeny have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankeny
      • Ankeny is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,068 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ankeny <3>
    • Des Moines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Altoona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,503 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altoona <3>
    • Windsor Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Heights
      • Windsor Heights is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor Heights <3>
    • Johnston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston
      • Johnston is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,092 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnston <3>
    • Bondurant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bondurant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondurant
      • Bondurant is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondurant <3>
    • Pleasant Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,025 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <3>
    • Rising Sun
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Herrold
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone County
  • Dallas County
  • Jasper County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marquisville, with the one closest to Marquisville listed first.
    • Patterson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Charles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
      • Saint Charles is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 656 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <3>
    • Earlham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earlham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlham
      • Earlham is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlham <3>
    • Winterset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
  • Marshall County
    • Rhodes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhodes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
      • Rhodes is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
  • Story County
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marquisville, with the one closest to Marquisville listed first.
    • Lakewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Orillia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orillia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orillia
      • Orillia is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Orillia
      • From Marquisville to Orillia
    • Cumming
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumming have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumming
      • Cumming is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cumming <3>
    • Spring Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Hartford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <3>
    • Palmyra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Prole
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
      • Prole is located in Warren County
    • Churchville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Indianola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Martensdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martensdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martensdale
      • Martensdale is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martensdale <3>
    • Ackworth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ackworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
      • Ackworth is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Sandyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bevington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bevington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevington
      • Bevington is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bevington <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Marquisville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marquisville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Highland Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pinehill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinehill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Berwick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berwick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berwick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Friends Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oralabor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oralabor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oralabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sims Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sims Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rittgers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kinsey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kinsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (284 more) ...
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Ambrose Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ambrose Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ambrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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.<5>

While we didn't find Marquisville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marquisville.

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

  • Saylor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylor
    • Saylor is located in Polk County
  • Berwick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
    • Berwick is located in Polk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Berwick
    • From Marquisville to Berwick
  • Oralabor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oralabor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oralabor
    • Oralabor is located in Polk County
  • Saylorville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saylorville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylorville
    • Saylorville is located in Polk County
  • Des Moines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ankeny
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ankeny have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankeny
    • Ankeny is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,068 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ankeny <3>
  • East Des Moines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Des Moines
    • East Des Moines is located in Polk County
  • Altoona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
    • Altoona is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,503 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altoona <3>
  • Rising Sun
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bondurant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bondurant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondurant
    • Bondurant is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondurant <3>
  • Valley Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
    • Valley Junction is located in Polk County
  • Levey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levey
    • Levey is located in Polk County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Hastie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hastie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastie
      • Hastie is located in Polk County
    • Crocker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crocker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
      • Crocker is located in Polk County
    • Avon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Avon is located in Polk County

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

Newspapers Published in Marquisville ...

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 296 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marquisville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marquisville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marquisville.

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 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 Marquisville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Marquisville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Marquisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Marquisville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marquisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6587, Longitude: -93.6006    









 

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