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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 Regency of Sioux City (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 Regency of Sioux City. 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 and doctors 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.

Regency of Sioux City is located in Woodbury 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 Woodbury County: Cherokee, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Dakota (NE), Thurston (NE) & Union (SD).

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

  • Woodbury County     (The home county of Regency of Sioux City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • Holiday Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
    • Sioux City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Glen Ellen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
    • Evergreen Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Sergeant Bluff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lawton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Lawton is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Bronson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bronson is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
    • Salix
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Moville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Climbing Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climbing Hill
    • Sloan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hornick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hornick is located in Woodbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Anthon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Cherokee County
    • Fielding
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fielding is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
  • Monona County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • Albaton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Albaton is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albaton
    • Whiting
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rodney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rodney is located in Monona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Plymouth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • James
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • James is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • Hinton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Millnerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Millnerville is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millnerville
    • Merrill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Adaville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Adaville is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
    • Kingsley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • O'Leary
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
    • Brunsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Le Mars
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Akron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Akron is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>
    • Oyens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oyens is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Craig
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Craig is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Sioux County
    • Chatsworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Chatsworth is located in Sioux County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Dakota County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • South Sioux City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dakota City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Homer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer is located in Dakota County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • Hubbard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Willis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Willis is located in Dakota County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
    • Goodwin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Goodwin is located in Dakota County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
  • Dixon County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • Ponca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Ponca is located in Dixon County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ponca <1>
    • Waterbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Emerson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Martinsburg is located in Dixon County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Allen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Allen is located in Dixon County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Newcastle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wakefield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Thurston County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • Winnebago
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Walthill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Macy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Thurston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosalie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rosalie is located in Thurston County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosalie <1>
  • Clay County (SD)
  • Union County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.
    • North Sioux City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dakota Dunes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • McCook Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • McCook Lake is located in Union County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook Lake
    • Jefferson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Richland is located in Union County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 215 people
    • Junction City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Junction City is located in Union County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City

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

Cemeteries Near Regency of Sioux City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Regency of Sioux City.

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 Regency of Sioux City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.

  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Graceland Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Floyd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Floyd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dakota City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodbury Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eberly Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Logan Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • War Eagle Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (114 more) ...
    • Concordia Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Banner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • McCook Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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>

While we didn't find Regency of Sioux City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Regency of Sioux City.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Regency of Sioux City, with the one closest to Regency of Sioux City listed first.

  • Sioux City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Covington ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Covington is located in Dakota County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • South Sioux City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leeds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leeds is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
  • Glen Ellen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
  • Dakota City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sergeant Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • James
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • James is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Hinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jackson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Salix
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Luton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Luton is located in Woodbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luton
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Potosia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Potosia is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosia
    • Hubbard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Homer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer is located in Dakota County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Regency of Sioux City ...

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 Regency of Sioux City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Regency of Sioux City, 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 Regency of Sioux City.

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 Regency of Sioux City:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Regency of Sioux City) 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 Regency of Sioux City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.