Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sonora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sonora and the surrounding area.
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Poweshiek County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Poweshiek County
Communities Also Named Sonora ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Sonora.
Within Iowa, the name Sonora is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sonora [Washington County].
- California
- Tuolumne County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Sonora [Tuolumne County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sonora [Hancock County].
- Kansas
- Harper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sonora [Harper County].
- Lyon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sonora [Lyon County].
- Nemaha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sonora [Nemaha County].
- Kentucky
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sonora [Hardin County].
- Mississippi
- Chickasaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Sonora [Chickasaw County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sonora [Atchison County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sonora [Steuben County].
- North Dakota
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sonora [Richland County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Sonora.
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sonora [Muskingum County].
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Sutton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sonora [Sutton County].
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Sonora could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |