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 Motor (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 Motor. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Motor is located in Clayton 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 Clayton County: Allamakee, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Winneshiek, Crawford (WI) & Grant (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Motor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Motor:
- Clayton County (The home county of Motor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Littleport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
- Elkader
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkader have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader
- Elkader is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkader <2>
- Mederville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Osborne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
- Clayton Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County
- Elkport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Garber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Garnavillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnavillo
- Garnavillo is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garnavillo <2>
- Saint Olaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Olaf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Olaf
- Saint Olaf is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Olaf <2>
- Volga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Farmersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Wood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Osterdock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Allamakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Volney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Volney is located in Allamakee County
- Postville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postville
- Postville is located in Allamakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,033 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Postville <2>
- Waukon Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County
- Rossville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County
- Waterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Harpers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
- Harpers Ferry is located in Allamakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harpers Ferry <2>
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Lamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Lamont is located in Buchanan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamont <2>
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Stanley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Winthrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Edgewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Edgewood is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <2>
- Colesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Greeley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Greeley is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeley <2>
- Holy Cross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Forestville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Delaware County
- Oneida
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Dundee is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <2>
- Earlville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Earlville is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlville <2>
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Manchester is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,004 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <2>
- Delaware
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Masonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Masonville is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Delhi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delhi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Delhi is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <2>
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Luxemburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - New Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vienna
- New Vienna is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Holy Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Waupeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County
- Dyersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Dyersville is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyersville <2>
- Summit Village Dyersville Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Village Dyersville Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village Dyersville Park
- Summit Village Dyersville Park is located in Dubuque County
- Balltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Old Balltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County
- Bankston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Rickardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rickardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Farley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Farley is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,746 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farley <2>
- Worthington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Illyria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illyria
- Illyria is located in Fayette County
- Wadena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Wadena is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadena <2>
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Elgin is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
- Maryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
- Brainard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
- Clermont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clermont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Clermont is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clermont <2>
- Fayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayette <2>
- West Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- West Union is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,270 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Union <2>
- Maynard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maynard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Maynard is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maynard <2>
- Donnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Randalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Douglass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Douglass is located in Fayette County
- Winneshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Castalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Frankville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County
- Crawford County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Prairie du Chien
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Eastman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Wauzeka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Glen Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County (WI)
- Bagley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Bagley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Wyalusing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County (WI)
- Cassville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- North Andover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
- Patch Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patch Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Bloomington is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Beetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Millville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Mount Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Motor, see our County-by-County Page for Motor.
Newspapers Published in Motor ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Motor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Motor, 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 Motor.
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 Motor:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //iowaculture.gov/history/
- Pages specific to Clayton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allamakee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buchanan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Delaware County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dubuque County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winneshiek County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Allamakee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Iowa
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Iowa
- Cemeteries of Clayton County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Iowa
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Iowa
- Cemeteries of Clayton County
Cemeteries Near Motor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Motor.
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 Motor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Meenan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meenan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meenan Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Communia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Communia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Communia Cemetery
- Hartmann Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartmann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartmann Cemetery
- Blanchaine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blanchaine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blanchaine Cemetery
- Krumm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krumm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krumm Cemetery
- Schmidt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schmidt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schmidt Cemetery
- Eberhard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eberhard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eberhard Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Mederville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mederville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mederville Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Wolf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Cemetery
- Musfeldt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Musfeldt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Musfeldt Cemetery
- Hartshey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartshey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartshey Cemetery
- Wolf Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Motor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Motor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Motor, with the one closest to Motor listed first.
- Communia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Littleport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
- Osborne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
- Mederville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Elkader
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkader have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader
- Elkader is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkader <2>
- Elkport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Garnavillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnavillo
- Garnavillo is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garnavillo <2>
- Saint Olaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Olaf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Olaf
- Saint Olaf is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Olaf <2>
- Ceres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Volga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Saint Sebald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Sebald have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Sebald
- Saint Sebald is located in Clayton County
- Wood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Updegraff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Farmersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Edgewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Edgewood is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <2>
- Updegraff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Motor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Motor.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for Clayton County: www.claytoncountyiowa.net/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Motor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Motor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8069, Longitude: -91.3512 In this case, the coordinates for Motor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Motor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |