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 Ulmer (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 Ulmer. 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 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.
Ulmer is located in Sac 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 Sac County: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Ida & Pocahontas.
Below are the counties that are near Ulmer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ulmer:
- Sac County (The home county of Ulmer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Wall Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Sac City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Herring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Odebolt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Early
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Schaller
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Audubon County
- Gray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Newell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Juniata
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Casino Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Storm Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Yetter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lytton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Sherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Wightman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Jolley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Rockwell City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lohrville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Pomeroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Farnhamville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Breda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Lidderdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lanesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Carroll Community Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Halbur
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Roselle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Glidden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Ralston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dedham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Boyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Westside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vail
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kiron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Schleswig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aspinwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Denison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Manilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Churdan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Scranton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Ida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Arthur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Ida Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Galva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Fonda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Varina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Palmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- Botna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Webster County
- Slifer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ulmer, see our County-by-County Page for Ulmer.
Cemeteries Near Ulmer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulmer.
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 Ulmer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ulmer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Luckow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Wall Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (145 more) ...
- Lutheran Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Breda.
- The Wheatland Presbytrian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wheatland Cemetery
- Wheatland Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96658 <2>
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Ulmer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ulmer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ulmer, with the one closest to Ulmer listed first.
- Carnarvon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Breda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Wall Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Mount Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Kentner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kentner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
- Sac City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Odebolt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Westside
(16 miles [25.7 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 Ulmer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ulmer.
Newspapers Published in Ulmer ...
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 Ulmer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ulmer, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ulmer.
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 Ulmer:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Sac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audubon County
- Buena Vista County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Greene County
- Ida County
- Pocahontas County
- Shelby County
- Webster 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ulmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Ulmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |