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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 Tilton (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 Tilton. 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.

Tilton is primarily located in Poweshiek County. A portion of Tilton extends into Keokuk 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 Poweshiek County: Benton, Iowa, Jasper, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marshall & Tama.

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

  • Poweshiek County     (The home county of Tilton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Deep River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
    • Guernsey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Montezuma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Victor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Brooklyn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Malcom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Searsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hartwick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Grinnell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sheridan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton County
  • Iowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Ambrose
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ambrose is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
    • Millersburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North English
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Parnell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ladora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Conroy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Conroy is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
    • Marengo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dayton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Dayton is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • South Amana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Amana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Middle Amana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Pekin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Linby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Packwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson County
  • Keokuk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Gibson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibson is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Thornburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Aurora
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Aurora is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Coal Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • What Cheer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Keswick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Webster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Webster is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Delta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • South English
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sigourney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hayesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Harper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Harper is located in Keokuk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
  • Mahaska County
  • Marion County
  • Tama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Chelsea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Long Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Long Point is located in Tama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
  • Wapello County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Highland Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kirkville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kirkville is located in Wapello County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
    • Competine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Eddyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Keb ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Keb is located in Wapello County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
    • Chillicothe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilton, with the one closest to Tilton listed first.
    • Nira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Wellman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Rubio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rubio is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
    • West Chester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • West Chester is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people

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

Cemeteries Near Tilton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilton.

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

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

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

  • Sixteen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dresden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Deep River Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lisor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Light Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnes City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • McFarlan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Humes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (328 more) ...
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ambrose Catholic Armah Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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, Tilton had a post office and railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Tilton ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilton.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tilton:

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