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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 Randolph (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 Randolph. 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.

Randolph is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Mills, Page, Atchison (MO), Cass (NE) & Otoe (NE).

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

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Randolph)
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Clark
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Clark is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
    • Malvern
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hastings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hastings is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Emerson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pacific Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pacific City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pacific City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
    • Henderson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mineola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Folsom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Folsom is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • Hentons ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hentons is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Coburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Red Oak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Elliott
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
    • Villisca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Shenandoah
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Essex
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nyman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tarkio City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tarkio City is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
    • Coin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Northboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Yorktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Yorktown is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Blanchard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hepburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hepburn is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Clarinda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • College Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • College Springs is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Atchison County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Farmers City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
    • Westboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Watson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Cass County (NE)
  • Nemaha County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Peru
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Julian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Otoe County (NE)
  • Sarpy County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • La Platte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellevue
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Avery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Gilmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore

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

Cemeteries Near Randolph ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Randolph.

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

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

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

  • Randolph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Duff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wagner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dawsonburg Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Penny Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Parsley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chamber Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ross Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (217 more) ...
    • Acord Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Monroe Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Randolph had a population of 276 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Randolph had a population of 145 people.

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

  • Anderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Clark is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Tabor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Solomon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Solomon is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
  • Strahan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Strahan is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahan
  • Imogene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • White Cloud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • White Cloud is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
  • Summit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Sidney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Malvern
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Thurman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hillsdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillsdale is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Farragut
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hastings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hastings is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Bartlett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Randolph ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Randolph.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Randolph. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Randolph and those printed in the larger area surrounding Randolph.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Randolph.

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 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 Randolph:

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 Randolph, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Randolph) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.