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Introduction ...

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

We've added Morrisburgh to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Morrisburgh, 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 Morrisburgh (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 Morrisburgh. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Morrisburgh is historic, it would have been located within present day Guthrie 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 Guthrie County: Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Dallas, Greene & Madison.

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

  • Guthrie County     (The home county of Morrisburgh)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Dale
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Dale is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Glendon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Glendon is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
    • Panora
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Stuart
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Menlo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Guthrie Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Yale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Yale is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Casey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Herndon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Herndon is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Bagley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bagley is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jamaica
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Adair
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • North Branch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • North Branch is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
  • Adair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Arbor Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Arbor Hill is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
    • Stanzel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Stanzel is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanzel
    • Greenfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hebron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hebron is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Fontanelle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Fontanelle is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
    • Orient
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Zion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Zion is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Bridgewater
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Audubon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Exira
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamlin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hamlin is located in Audubon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Boone County
    • Berkley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Berkley is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Carroll County
    • Coon Rapids
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • Anita
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Linden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Linden is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
    • Redfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wiscotta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wiscotta is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscotta
    • Dexter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Panther
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Panther is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Adel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Adel is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adel <2>
    • DeSoto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dawson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dawson is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Minburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Minburn is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
    • Dallas Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Van Meter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Perry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Waukee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Cooper
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cooper is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Rippey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rippey is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Jefferson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Grand Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Earlham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pitzer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pitzer is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
    • Webster
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Webster is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Winterset
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Macksburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Macksburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Ord
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ord is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
    • Patterson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Patterson is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Clive
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Grimes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Urbandale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Commerce
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Commerce is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
    • West Des Moines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Andrews
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Andrews is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisburgh, with the one closest to Morrisburgh listed first.
    • Cumming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Orillia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Orillia is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orillia

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

Cemeteries Near Morrisburgh ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morrisburgh.

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 Morrisburgh - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Morrisburg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Glendon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • South Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • North Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spillers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Linn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Menlo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Linn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Harper Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Monteith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Monteith Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (201 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dexter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.

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

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

  • Dale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dale is located in Guthrie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Linden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Linden is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Glendon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Glendon is located in Guthrie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
  • Stuart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Panora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Redfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Monteith
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Monteith is located in Guthrie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
  • Menlo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dexter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennedy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kennedy is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Guthrie Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Casey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Panther
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Panther is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Fanslers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fanslers is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanslers
    • Yale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Yale is located in Guthrie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people

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

Newspapers Published in Morrisburgh ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morrisburgh.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morrisburgh, 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 Morrisburgh.

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 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 Morrisburgh:

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 Morrisburgh, 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 from Point A (ie- Morrisburgh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.