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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 Strand (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 Strand. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Strand is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Strand. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strand:

  • Adams County     (The home county of Strand)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.
    • Lincoln Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
    • Carbon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Quincy is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Brooks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Etna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
    • Nodaway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Nodaway is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Corning
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Queen City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Queen City is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Carl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Iveyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Prescott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mercer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Adair County
  • Cass County
  • Fremont County
    • Imogene
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.
    • Emerson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Henderson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.
    • Sciola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Grant is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Tenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Villisca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
    • Stanton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elliott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Oak
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Coburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.
    • Hepburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Hepburn is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Hawleyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hawleyville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
    • Nyman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarinda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Essex
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorktown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yorktown is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Tarkio City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarkio City is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
    • Shambaugh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.
    • Guss
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lenox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gravity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Ladoga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sharpsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Conway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Conway is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Clearfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Siam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Union County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strand, see our County-by-County Page for Strand.

Cemeteries Near Strand ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strand.

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 Strand - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strand covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.

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 in 1895, Strand had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Strand, with the one closest to Strand listed first.

  • Carbon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sciola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Quincy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Quincy is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Grant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grant is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Brooks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Nodaway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Nodaway is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Mount Etna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
  • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
  • Villisca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Corning
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Stanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Carl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Iveyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Holt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Holt is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Strand. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strand.

Newspapers Published in Strand ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strand.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strand, 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 Strand.

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 websites either 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 Strand:

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 Strand, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Strand) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.