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 Rutledge (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 Rutledge. 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 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.
Rutledge is located in Wapello 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 Wapello County: Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Rutledge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rutledge:
- Wapello County (The home county of Rutledge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Dahlonega
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Keb ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Ottumwa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Ottumwa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Highland Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Chillicothe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Kirkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Agency
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Competine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Eddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Appanoose County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Udell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Orleans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Darbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Moulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Iconium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iconium is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iconium
- Rathbun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Carbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Floris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Drakesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chequest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Steuben
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- West Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Mark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mark is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Stiles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stiles is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Savannah is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Batavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Abingdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Linby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Pekin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Packwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Libertyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Maharishi Vedic City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Perlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Pleasant Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Hedrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Martinsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Nugent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Hayesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Ollie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Sigourney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- What Cheer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Thornburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Exeelsior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Keomah Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Keomah Village is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keomah Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Givin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givin
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Lakonta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lakonta is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakonta
- University Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- University Park is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Oskaloosa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Indianapolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Indianapolis is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
- Evans
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Bussey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bussey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bussey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Tracy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Avery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Albia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Selection
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Bluff Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Lovilia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Selma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Douds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Birmingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Kilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Washington County
- Rubio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rutledge, see our County-by-County Page for Rutledge.
Cemeteries Near Rutledge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rutledge.
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 Rutledge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rutledge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ottumwa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hebrew Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dahlonega Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- County Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shaul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kitterman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garrison Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Nasby Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCormick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Rutledge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rutledge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
- Dahlonega
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Keb ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Ottumwa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Ottumwa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Highland Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Chillicothe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Agency
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Cliffland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Bladensburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bladensburg is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladensburg
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- Hedrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Competine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rutledge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rutledge.
Newspapers Published in Rutledge ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutledge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rutledge, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rutledge.
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 Rutledge:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Wapello County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appanoose County
- Davis County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Mahaska County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Van Buren 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 Rutledge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Rutledge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |