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 Nodaway (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 Nodaway. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Nodaway is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Nodaway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nodaway:
- Adams County (The home county of Nodaway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Brooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Iveyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Strand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Lincoln Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Mercer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Mount Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Prescott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bridgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
- Orient
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Dewey
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dewey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Lyman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Massena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Griswold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norway Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norway Center is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Center
- Fremont County
- Imogene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mills County
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Villisca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Tenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Sciola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Red Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Elliott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Hepburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Hawleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Clarinda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Yorktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Shambaugh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Essex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- College Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Braddyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ringgold County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Diagonal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Guss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Ladoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Gravity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Sharpsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lenox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Conway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Clearfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Cromwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Creston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creston
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Hopkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clearmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nodaway, see our County-by-County Page for Nodaway.
Cemeteries Near Nodaway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nodaway.
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 Nodaway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nodaway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Nodaway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bakers Cut Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Findley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baldwin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Brooks.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94202 <2>
- Villisca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Guss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Rose Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Brooks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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, Nodaway had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Nodaway had a population of 102 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nodaway, with the one closest to Nodaway listed first.
- Villisca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iveyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Brooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Guss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Hepburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Holt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holt is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Sciola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Strand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hawleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nodaway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nodaway.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nodaway ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nodaway.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nodaway. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nodaway and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nodaway.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Nodaway.
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 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 Nodaway:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cass County
- Fremont County
- Mills County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor County
- Union County
- Nodaway County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Nodaway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nodaway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |