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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 Radcliffe (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 Radcliffe. 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 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.

Radcliffe is located in Hardin County.

To see how the shape of Iowa's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardin County: Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marshall, Story & Wright.

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

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Radcliffe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Garden City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Hardin County
    • Hubbard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Hubbard is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbard <2>
    • Buckeye
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • New Providence
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Providence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
      • New Providence is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Providence
      • From Radcliffe to New Providence
    • Alden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Owasa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Iowa Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Falls
      • Iowa Falls is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Falls <2>
    • Eldora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
      • Eldora is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,571 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldora <2>
    • Gifford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Eagle City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
      • Eagle City is located in Hardin County
    • Steamboat Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Union
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Hardin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Robertson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Mackey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mackey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
      • Mackey is located in Boone County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mackey
      • From Radcliffe to Mackey
    • Jordan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Boone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Boone County
    • Fraser
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
      • Fraser is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Butler County
    • Austinville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Austinville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
      • Austinville is located in Butler County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Oakland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Popejoy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popejoy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
      • Popejoy is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Bradford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Franklin County
    • Reeve
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reeve. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
      • Reeve is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Reeve
      • From Radcliffe to Reeve
    • Faulkner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Faulkner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
      • Faulkner is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Faulkner
      • From Radcliffe to Faulkner
    • Coulter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Geneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <2>
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Wellsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsburg
      • Wellsburg is located in Grundy County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 685 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsburg <2>
    • Conrad
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conrad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
      • Conrad is located in Grundy County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conrad <2>
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Ellsworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Randall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Williams
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blairsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
      • Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Kamrar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Stanhope
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanhope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
      • Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
    • Webster City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster City
      • Webster City is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,647 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webster City <2>
    • Stratford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratford <2>
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radcliffe, with the one closest to Radcliffe listed first.
    • Saint Anthony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
      • Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Clemons
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemons have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
      • Clemons is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Bangor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bangor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
      • Bangor is located in Marshall County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bangor
      • From Radcliffe to Bangor
    • Liscomb
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liscomb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
      • Liscomb is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • State Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Center
      • State Center is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State Center <2>
    • Albion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <2>
    • Marietta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • LaMoille
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Malta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
      • Malta is located in Marshall County
    • Rhodes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhodes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
      • Rhodes is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
    • Melbourne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Story County
  • Webster County
  • Wright County

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

Cemeteries Near Radcliffe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Radcliffe.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Radcliffe had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Radcliffe had a population of 517 people.

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

  • Hubbard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
    • Hubbard is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbard <2>
  • Ellsworth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Randall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Roland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • McCallsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jewell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Story City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Zearing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Providence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Providence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
    • New Providence is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to New Providence
    • From Radcliffe to New Providence
  • Lawn Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Hill
    • Lawn Hill is located in Hardin County
  • Owasa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hughs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
      • Hughs is located in Hardin County
    • Blairsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
      • Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Radcliffe ...

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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Radcliffe.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Radcliffe. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Radcliffe and those printed in the larger area surrounding Radcliffe.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Radcliffe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Radcliffe:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Radcliffe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Radcliffe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Radcliffe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Radcliffe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3152, Longitude: -93.4343    









 

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