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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Traxler. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Traxler to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Traxler, please Contact Us.
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 Traxler (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 Traxler. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Traxler is historic, it would have been located within present day Henry 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 Henry County: Des Moines, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Traxler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Traxler:
- Henry County (The home county of Traxler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Swedesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Oakland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Olds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Winfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Des Moines County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Yarmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Kline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kline is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Dodgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Mediapolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Sperry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sperry is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
- West Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingston is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Burlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Lockridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Pleasant Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Perlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Libertyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Packwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Abingdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Batavia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Ollie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Keota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Houghton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Pilot Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Saint Paul
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Big Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Mount Hamill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- West Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- South Augusta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Augusta is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Augusta
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Wyman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Morning Sun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cotter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Columbus City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Wapello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Gladwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Elrick Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
- Grandview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Letts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Muscatine County
- Conesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Stockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Mount Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Bonaparte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kilbourn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keosauqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Douds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Coppock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Crawfordsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Havre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ainsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rubio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- West Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Henderson County (IL)
- Gulf Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Traxler, see our County-by-County Page for Traxler.
Cemeteries Near Traxler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Traxler.
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 Traxler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Traxler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Richwoods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Richwoods Cemetery (Old)
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Traxler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Richwoods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richwoods Cemetery (New)
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cholera Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ebeneezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (524 more) ...
- Finley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Home Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.
Traxler itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Traxler, with the one closest to Traxler listed first.
- Trenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swedesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Oakland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Olds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Denova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Denova is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denova
- Merrimac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimac is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Lockridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Noble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Noble is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coppock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Traxler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Traxler.
Newspapers Published in Traxler ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Traxler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Traxler, 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 Traxler.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Traxler:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Des Moines County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Lee County
- Louisa County
- Muscatine County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- Henderson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Traxler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Traxler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |