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 Poplar (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 Poplar. 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 doctors and 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.
Poplar is located in Audubon 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 Audubon County: Adair, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Poplar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poplar:
- Audubon County (The home county of Poplar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Fiscus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Kimballton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlin is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Manning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dedham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halbur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Roselle
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Coon Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Arcadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Carroll Community Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Marne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Atlantic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Wiota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anita
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Norway Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norway Center is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Center
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Aspinwall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Astor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Manilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Westside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Vail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Denison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dow City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Deloit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Kenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Guthrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- North Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Adair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guthrie Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Persia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Yorkshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Dunlap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Walnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Minden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Elk Horn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Botna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Harlan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Defiance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Westphalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Earling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Panama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tennant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Shelby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portsmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poplar, see our County-by-County Page for Poplar.
Cemeteries Near Poplar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poplar.
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 Poplar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poplar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Merrills Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Danway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowmans Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elk Horn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carlsen - Larsen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Folck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Poplar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poplar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poplar, with the one closest to Poplar listed first.
- Fiscus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Kimballton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elk Horn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlin is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Botna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Harlan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Exira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Walnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poplar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar.
Newspapers Published in Poplar ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poplar, 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 Poplar.
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 Poplar:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Audubon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Crawford County
- Guthrie County
- Harrison County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Poplar, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poplar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |