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 Strahan (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 Strahan. 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.
Strahan is located in Mills 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 Mills County: Fremont, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Cass (NE) & Sarpy (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Strahan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strahan:
- Mills County (The home county of Strahan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Hastings
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Malvern
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silver City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Glenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mills is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Mineola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pacific City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Folsom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Cass County
- Griswold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Imogene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Farragut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sidney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thurman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Bartlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Riverton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McPaul
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McPaul is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
- Percival
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Payne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Coburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Red Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elliott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Tenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Sciola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Villisca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Essex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Coin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Northboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Hepburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Clarinda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- College Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Macedonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Treynor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dumfries
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McClelland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Council Bluffs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Atchison County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Farmers City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Westboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Cass County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Rock Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Plattsmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mynard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mynard is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nehawka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cullom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cullom is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Otoe County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- Nebraska City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Sarpy County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- La Platte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Gilmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strahan, see our County-by-County Page for Strahan.
Cemeteries Near Strahan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strahan.
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 Strahan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strahan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- South Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hasting Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Malvern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wearin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- David Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Emerson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tabor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Strahan had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Strahan, with the one closest to Strahan listed first.
- White Cloud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Cloud is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Solomon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
- Hastings
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Malvern
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Imogene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emerson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Hawthorne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Essex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Strahan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strahan.
Newspapers Published in Strahan ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strahan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strahan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strahan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Strahan:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Mills County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Fremont County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Pottawattamie County
- Atchison County
- Cass County
- Otoe County
- Sarpy 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> | 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 Strahan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Strahan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |