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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 Petersburg Station (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 Petersburg Station. 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.
Name Variations for Petersburg Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Petersburg Station: Petersburg Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Petersburg Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Petersburg Station.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Petersburg Station is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Buchanan, Clayton, Dubuque, Fayette, Jones & Linn.
Below are the counties that are near Petersburg Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Petersburg Station:
- Delaware County (The home county of Petersburg Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Earlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Almoral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Holy Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Delaware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Delhi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Greeley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Hopkinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Lamont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monti
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monti is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monti
- Winthrop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Quasqueton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Doris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Doris is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Wood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wood is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Millville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Elkport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garber is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Osterdock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Turkey River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- North Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Littleport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Guttenberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mederville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Strawberry Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Dyersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit Village Dyersville Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Vienna is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Farley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bankston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Holy Cross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Epworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Rickardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Cascade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Maryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Garry Owen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Crab Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Argand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argand is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Langworthy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Amber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Clay Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Anamosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Center Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Stone City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Onslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Prairieburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Coggon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paris ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Troy Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- East Dubuque
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Glen Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- North Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Beetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Bagley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bagley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Potosi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Rutledge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Tennyson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Wyalusing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Petersburg Station, see our County-by-County Page for Petersburg Station.
Cemeteries Near Petersburg Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petersburg Station.
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 Petersburg Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Petersburg Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanduesen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plum Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Platt 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.<3>
While we didn't find Petersburg Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Petersburg Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Petersburg Station, with the one closest to Petersburg Station listed first.
- Earlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Almoral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Dyersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Vienna is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Delaware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Delhi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Oneida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Greeley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Colesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Hopkinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Farley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Petersburg Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Petersburg Station.
Newspapers Published in Petersburg Station ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Petersburg Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petersburg Station, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Petersburg Station.
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 either 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 Petersburg Station:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Fayette County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Jo Daviess County
- Grant 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> | 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 Petersburg Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Petersburg Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |