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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 Strawberry Point (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 Strawberry Point. 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.

Name Variations for Strawberry Point ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Strawberry Point: Strawberry Pt.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Strawberry Point is located in Clayton County.

To see how the shape of Iowa's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clayton County: Allamakee, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Winneshiek, Crawford (WI) & Grant (WI).

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

  • Clayton County     (The home county of Strawberry Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point listed first.
    • Mederville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Volga
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
      • Volga is located in Clayton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Osborne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Littleport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
      • Littleport is located in Clayton County
    • Wood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Elkport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
      • Elkport is located in Clayton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Elkader
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkader have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader
      • Elkader is located in Clayton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkader <2>
    • Garber
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garber. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
      • Garber is located in Clayton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Garber
      • From Strawberry Point to Garber
    • Clayton Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Olaf
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Olaf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Olaf
      • Saint Olaf is located in Clayton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Olaf <2>
    • Gunder
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Garnavillo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Allamakee County
  • Black Hawk County
    • Jesup
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jesup have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesup
      • Jesup is located in Black Hawk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,711 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jesup <2>
  • Bremer County
  • Buchanan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point listed first.
    • Lamont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
      • Lamont is located in Buchanan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamont <2>
    • Aurora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Buchanan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Stanley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Buchanan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Winthrop
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Doris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
      • Doris is located in Buchanan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Doris
      • From Strawberry Point to Doris
    • Hazleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Monti
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Quasqueton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rowley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairbank
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairbank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
      • Fairbank is located in Buchanan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairbank <2>
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point listed first.
    • Forestville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Edgewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dundee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <2>
    • Greeley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
      • Greeley is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeley <2>
    • Oneida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneida have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
      • Oneida is located in Delaware County
    • Manchester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Masonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
      • Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
    • Almoral
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Almoral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
      • Almoral is located in Delaware County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Almoral
      • From Strawberry Point to Almoral
    • Colesburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Delaware
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
      • Delaware is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Petersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Dubuque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point listed first.
    • New Vienna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Luxemburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luxemburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
      • Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Dyersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
      • Dyersville is located in Dubuque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,441 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyersville <2>
    • Summit Village Dyersville Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Village Dyersville Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village Dyersville Park
      • Summit Village Dyersville Park is located in Dubuque County
    • Holy Cross
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
      • Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Worthington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point listed first.
    • Maryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Arlington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
    • Wadena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Illyria
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fayette
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayette <2>
    • Maynard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maynard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
      • Maynard is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maynard <2>
    • Elgin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brainard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oelwein
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Randalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
      • Randalia is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Clermont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clermont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
      • Clermont is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clermont <2>
    • Donnan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Donnan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnan
      • Donnan is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Donnan
      • From Strawberry Point to Donnan
  • Jones County
    • Argand
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
      • Argand is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Argand
      • From Strawberry Point to Argand
  • Linn County
  • Winneshiek County
    • Castalia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
      • Castalia is located in Winneshiek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Grant County (WI)

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

Cemeteries Near Strawberry Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strawberry Point.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strawberry Point, with the one closest to Strawberry Point 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Strawberry Point had a population of 947 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Strawberry Point had a population of 1,193 people.

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

  • Saint Sebald
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Sebald have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Sebald
    • Saint Sebald is located in Clayton County
  • Forestville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lamont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
    • Lamont is located in Buchanan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamont <2>
  • Dundee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <2>
  • Edgewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mederville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Volga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
    • Volga is located in Clayton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Osborne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Thorpe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorpe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorpe
    • Thorpe is located in Delaware County
  • Littleport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
    • Littleport is located in Clayton County
  • Aurora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Aurora is located in Buchanan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Wood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Greeley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
      • Greeley is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeley <2>
    • Communia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Communia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communia
      • Communia is located in Clayton County
    • Wadena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Strawberry Point ...

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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strawberry Point.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Strawberry Point. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Strawberry Point and those printed in the larger area surrounding Strawberry Point.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Strawberry Point.

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 Strawberry Point:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Strawberry Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clayton County: www.claytoncountyiowa.net/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Strawberry Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Strawberry Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strawberry Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6835, Longitude: -91.5343    









 

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