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 Rossie (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 Rossie. 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 and doctors 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.
Rossie is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto & Pocahontas.
Below are the counties that are near Rossie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rossie:
- Clay County (The home county of Rossie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Gillett Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Webb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Webb is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Peterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Everly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Fostoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Sioux Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rembrandt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marathon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Elkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Truesdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Albert City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Storm Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Casino Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Lakeside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Newell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Juniata
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Larrabee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Larrabee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Aurelia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Cleghorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Old Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Terril
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- West Okoboji
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Arnolds Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wahpeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Okoboji
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spirit Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orleans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Emmet County
- Wallingford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- O'Brien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Moneta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Sutherland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Calumet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Calumet is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Primghar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paullina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paullina is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Sanborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Archer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Germantown is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- May City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Melvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Palo Alto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Ruthven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayrshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Curlew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Emmetsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mallard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Graettinger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Laurens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Havelock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Varina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Plover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rossie, see our County-by-County Page for Rossie.
Cemeteries Near Rossie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rossie.
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 Rossie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rossie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fanny Fern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Douglas Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Osborn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (110 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnes Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Linn Grove.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94208 <2>
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Rossie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rossie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rossie, with the one closest to Rossie listed first.
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sioux Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Everly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Marathon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Sutherland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Calumet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Calumet is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Ayrshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Gaza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gaza is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Larrabee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Larrabee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rossie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rossie.
Newspapers Published in Rossie ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rossie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rossie, 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 Rossie.
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 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 Rossie:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Cherokee County
- Dickinson County
- Emmet County
- O'Brien County
- Osceola County
- Palo Alto County
- Pocahontas 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 Rossie, 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- Rossie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |