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 River Sioux (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 River Sioux. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
River Sioux is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Crawford, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Burt (NE) & Washington (NE).
Below are the counties that are near River Sioux. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to River Sioux:
- Harrison County (The home county of River Sioux)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Little Sioux
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Pisgah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mondamin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Modale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- California Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Missouri Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Persia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Dow City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Charter Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Kenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Blencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Moorhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Onawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Turin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Soldier
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Castana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whiting
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ute
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rodney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Mapleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albaton is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albaton
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Loveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Honey Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Pigeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Panama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Hornick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hornick is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Smithland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sloan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burt County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Tekamah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bertha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bertha is located in Burt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Craig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cuming County (NE)
- Bancroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Telbasta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Telbasta is located in Dodge County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
- Uehling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fontanelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fontanelle is located in Dodge County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nickerson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County (NE)
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Macy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosalie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Herman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blair is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <1>
- Admah ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Admah is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Fort Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kennard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to River Sioux, see our County-by-County Page for River Sioux.
Cemeteries Near River Sioux ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Sioux.
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 River Sioux - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for River Sioux covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Little Sioux Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Conyers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fountainbleau Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruffcorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Soldier Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Arizona Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Modamin / Noyes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mondamin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Preparation Canyon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yutsler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tekamah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (123 more) ...
- Bethesda Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hauger Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that River Sioux had a population of 129 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from River Sioux, with the one closest to River Sioux listed first.
- Little Sioux
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mondamin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Tekamah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Herman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Modale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Moorhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Onawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bertha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bertha is located in Burt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Craig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- California Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around River Sioux. See our List of 1890's Communities around River Sioux.
Newspapers Published in River Sioux ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Sioux.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Sioux, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for River Sioux.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 River Sioux:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Monona County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby County
- Woodbury County
- Burt County
- Cuming County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Thurston County
- Washington 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 River Sioux, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- River Sioux) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |