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 Salina (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 Salina. 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 hospitals and 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.
Salina is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Davis, Henry, Keokuk, Van Buren, Wapello & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Salina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salina:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Salina)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Perlee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Lockridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Libertyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Packwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Abingdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Linby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Batavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pekin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Chequest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Floris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Des Moines County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Yarmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Wayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Oakland Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Olds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ollie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Talleyrand
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Nugent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Keota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Harper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Hayesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Hedrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Sigourney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kinross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Big Mound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Houghton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Mount Hamill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Pilot Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Saint Paul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Primrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- West Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Wyman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Cotter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Columbus City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Morning Sun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fredonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Stockport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Mount Zion
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kilbourn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Douds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Selma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Keosauqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bonaparte
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cantril
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Competine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Eldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Agency
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cliffland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Highland Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Dahlonega
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- East Ottumwa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Ottumwa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coppock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rubio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Havre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crawfordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Ainsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Wellman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clark County (MO)
- Acasto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Acasto is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salina, see our County-by-County Page for Salina.
Cemeteries Near Salina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salina.
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 Salina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Salina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chilcott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Peterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Sweden Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Richwoods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (487 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bonnifield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkirk Cemetery
- The Hopkirk Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopkirk Family Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salina had a population of 170 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salina, with the one closest to Salina listed first.
- Beckwith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beckwith is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Perlee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Lockridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Germanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Germanville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germanville
- Merrimac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Veo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Veo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veo
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Trenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coppock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salina.
Newspapers Published in Salina ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salina.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salina, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salina.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Salina:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Des Moines County
- Henry County
- Keokuk County
- Lee County
- Louisa County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello County
- Washington County
- Clark 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Salina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |