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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 Newhall (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 Newhall. 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 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.

Newhall is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Black Hawk, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek & Tama.

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

  • Benton County     (The home county of Newhall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Atkins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Norway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Van Horne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Van Horne is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 646 people
    • Watkins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Watkins is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
    • Shellsburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Blairstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Benton City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Benton City is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
    • Keystone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Vinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Luzerne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Luzerne is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Garrison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Garrison is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Urbana
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Belle Plaine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Hawk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • La Porte City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jubilee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jubilee is located in Black Hawk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jubilee
    • Eagle Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Center
  • Buchanan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Brandon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Brandon is located in Buchanan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Hamerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hamerville is located in Buchanan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamerville
    • Rowley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Quasqueton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Iowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • West Amana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • West Amana is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amana
    • Amana
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Marengo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Middle Amana
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • South Amana
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Conroy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Conroy is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
    • Ladora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Williamsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Parnell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Millersburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Millersburg is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Swisher
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cou Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cou Falls is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cou Falls
    • Shueyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Shueyville is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
    • Oxford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • North Liberty
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiffin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cosgrove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cosgrove is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosgrove
    • Coralville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakdale is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Solon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Solon is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,771 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <1>
    • Windham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Windham is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Covington is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Palo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Walford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Walford is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
    • Cedar Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Hills is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
    • Grand View Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Grand View Village is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Village
    • Hiawatha
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Toddville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Rapids
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Louisa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Louisa is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
    • Sunset Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sunset Village is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Lincolnway Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
    • Center Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Poweshiek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Hartwick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartwick is located in Poweshiek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Victor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooklyn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Guernsey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newhall, with the one closest to Newhall listed first.
    • Elberon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dysart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vining
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Vining is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Chelsea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Clutier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Long Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Long Point is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
    • Gladstone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gladstone is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • Traer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckingham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckingham is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham

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

Cemeteries Near Newhall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newhall.

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

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

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

  • Fix Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Raetz Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raetz Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Raetz Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Atkins.
    • The Raetz Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Raetz Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95910 <3>
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Parkers Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Norway Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (280 more) ...
    • Stringtown Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bellar Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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 in 1895, Newhall had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Newhall had a population of 846 people.

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

  • Atkins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Norway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Van Horne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Van Horne is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 646 people
  • Watkins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Watkins is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
  • Blairstown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shellsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Walford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Walford is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
  • Fairfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Covington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Covington is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Palo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Keystone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Luzerne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Luzerne is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Vinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Garrison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Garrison is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Marengo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Newhall ...

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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newhall.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newhall, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newhall.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Newhall:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newhall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Newhall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.