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 Upper South Amana (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 Upper South Amana. 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 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.
Upper South Amana is located in Iowa 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 Iowa County: Benton, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Poweshiek, Tama & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Upper South Amana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper South Amana:
- Iowa County (The home county of Upper South Amana)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- South Amana
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Amana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amana
- Conroy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conroy is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
- Middle Amana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ladora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Parnell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- North English
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ambrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Watkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watkins is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Norway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blairstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luzerne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luzerne is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Newhall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Atkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Van Horne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Van Horne is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 646 people
- Belle Plaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irving
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Shellsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Benton City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benton City is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Garrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garrison is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cosgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cosgrove is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosgrove
- Cou Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cou Falls is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cou Falls
- Swisher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windham is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Tiffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shueyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- North Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- Frytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Frytown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Williamstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Coralville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Kinross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- South English
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Webster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Keswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Thornburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Gibson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Walford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walford is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
- Fairfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Village
- Cedar Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hills is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
- Lincolnway Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
- Western
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Western is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Covington is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Ely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Louisa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Louisa is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Hiawatha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Poweshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Victor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hartwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hartwick is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Guernsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deep River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Malcom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tama County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elberon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vining
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vining is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Long Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Gladstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gladstone is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Nira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Wellman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kalona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Upper South Amana, see our County-by-County Page for Upper South Amana.
Cemeteries Near Upper South Amana ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper South Amana.
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 Upper South Amana - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper South Amana covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- Old Scotch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kumer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Scotch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Middle Amana Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Amana Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Niles - Sprague Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bishop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Upper South Amana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper South Amana.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper South Amana, with the one closest to Upper South Amana listed first.
- South Amana
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Conroy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conroy is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Watkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watkins is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Norway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walford is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
- Blairstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ladora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Parnell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holbrook is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Koszta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Koszta is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koszta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper South Amana. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper South Amana.
Newspapers Published in Upper South Amana ...
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 164 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper South Amana.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper South Amana, 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 Upper South Amana.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Upper South Amana:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Iowa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Johnson County
- Keokuk County
- Linn County
- Poweshiek County
- Tama County
- Washington 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> | 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 Upper South Amana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper South Amana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |