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 Seney (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 Seney. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Seney is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Cherokee, Sioux, Woodbury & Union (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Seney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seney:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Seney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Struble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Oyens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Le Mars
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brunsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Remsen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Craig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- O'Leary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
- Merrill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
- Hinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millnerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millnerville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millnerville
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Marcus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cleghorn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Fielding
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Mary Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Meriden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Washta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Larrabee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Larrabee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Quimby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Cherokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyon County
- Doon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- O'Brien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Paullina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paullina is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Archer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calumet is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Primghar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sioux County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Maurice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Orange City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ireton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNally
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- McNally is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNally
- Sioux Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Granville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Westbrook Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Middleburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Hospers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chatsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chatsworth is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Hawarden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Evergreen Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Lawton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Moville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pierson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Holiday Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Regency of Sioux City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sioux City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bronson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bronson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Dakota County (NE)
- South Sioux City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln County (SD)
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Big Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Alcester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Estimated population in 2014: 215 people
- McCook Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCook Lake is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook Lake
- North Sioux City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nora is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Elk Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seney, see our County-by-County Page for Seney.
Cemeteries Near Seney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seney.
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 Seney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Seney City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960259 <2>
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Le Mars Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Catherines Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eason Family Burial Plot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sherman Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Remsen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remsen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Remsen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Remsen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95928 <2>
- Continue List (127 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Remsen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96194 <2>
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Seney had a population of 83 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seney, with the one closest to Seney listed first.
- Oyens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Struble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Le Mars
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carnes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carnes is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
- Maurice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Remsen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crathorne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crathorne is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crathorne
- Merrill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- O'Leary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
- Union Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ireton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Adaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seney.
Newspapers Published in Seney ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seney, 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 Seney.
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 Seney:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Lyon County
- O'Brien County
- Sioux County
- Woodbury County
- Dakota County
- Lincoln County
- Union 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 Seney, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |