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 Tipton (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 Tipton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Tipton is located in Cedar County and is the County Seat.
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 Cedar County: Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Tipton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tipton:
- Cedar County (The home county of Tipton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cedar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Buchanan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Bennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Stanwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Lowden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Centerdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Toronto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Calamus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Lost Nation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Grand Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- North Welton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- De Witt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Monmouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Oasis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elmira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Morse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Midway ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iowa City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- University Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Lone Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coralville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- River Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Olin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oxford Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Morley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Oxford Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Martelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Center Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Amber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Anamosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Onslow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stone City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone City is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Lisbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bertram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Ely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Western
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Western is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Squaw Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Squaw Creek Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Creek Village
- Lincolnway Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa County
- Letts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Atalissa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Towne Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Pleasant Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Muscatine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Fairport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Midway Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Fruitland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- New Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Big Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Durant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Walcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Donahue
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Long Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eldridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Washington County
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Island County (IL)
- Illinois City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tipton, see our County-by-County Page for Tipton.
Cemeteries Near Tipton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tipton.
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 Tipton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tipton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Masonic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kiser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bolton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- York Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Tipton had a population of 1,599 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tipton had a population of 3,178 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tipton, with the one closest to Tipton listed first.
- Cedar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Buchanan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Lime City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Bennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stanwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plato
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plato is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Centerdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lowden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- West Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tipton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tipton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tipton ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tipton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tipton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tipton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tipton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Tipton.
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 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 Tipton:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Cedar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Louisa County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Rock Island 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 Tipton, 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' (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- Tipton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |