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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 New Virginia (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 New Virginia. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

New Virginia is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Clarke, Dallas, Lucas, Madison, Marion & Polk.

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

  • Warren County     (The home county of New Virginia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Cool
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Saint Marys
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Saint Marys is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Liberty Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bevington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Martensdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Churchville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Prole
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Prole is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
    • Indianola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Milo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkson ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarkson is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
    • Ackworth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Ackworth is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
  • Adair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Hebron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hebron is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Stanzel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Zion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Clarke County
  • Dallas County
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Van Wert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Le Roy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Garden Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Garden Grove is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Grand River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grand River is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Decatur City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Decatur City is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Leon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lucas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Lucas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Derby is located in Lucas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Chariton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Olmitz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Olmitz is located in Lucas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmitz
    • Russell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
  • Marion County
  • Polk County
  • Ringgold County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Beaconsfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
    • Ellston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellston is located in Ringgold County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Virginia, with the one closest to New Virginia listed first.
    • Lorimor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Thayer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Afton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arispe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County

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

Cemeteries Near New Virginia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Virginia.

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 New Virginia - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Beymer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fremont Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rhoades Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rhodes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Worthing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Young Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Union Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Twyford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (280 more) ...
    • Farson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Field Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Virginia had a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Virginia had a population of 489 people.

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

  • Jamison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jamison is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
  • Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Medora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Medora is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
  • Truro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Marys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Saint Marys is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Saint Charles
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cool
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jay is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
  • Hanley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley
  • Osceola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • East Peru
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Wick is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in New Virginia ...

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 188 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Virginia.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 New Virginia:

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>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 New Virginia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- New Virginia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.