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 Vincent (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 Vincent. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Vincent is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Vincent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vincent:
- Webster County (The home county of Vincent)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Badger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duncombe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cypsum City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cypsum City is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypsum City
- Fort Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Evanston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Coalville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Kalo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kalo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
- Border Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Otho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tara
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
- Lehigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clare
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Boxholm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pilot Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Knierim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Somers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farnhamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Rinard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Popejoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Webster City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Kamrar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stanhope
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Williams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
- Jewell has also been known as:
- Jewell Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <1>
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Kanawha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corwith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Corwith is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Goodell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodell is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Thor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dakota City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hardy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Renwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arnold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rutland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Pioneer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Livermore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Bode
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Gilmore City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bradgate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ottosen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Kossuth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Lu Verne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Irvington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rolfe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Eagle Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woolstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Goldfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
- Clarion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Galt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Solberg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solberg is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solberg
- Olaf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Olaf is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaf
- Rowan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vincent, see our County-by-County Page for Vincent.
Cemeteries Near Vincent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vincent.
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 Vincent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vincent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Newark Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colfax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Ullensvang Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Troy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Troy Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Woolstock.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96507 <3>
- Norway Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blossom Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Ullensvang Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Eagle Grove.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95993 <3>
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Eagle Grove.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94389 <3>
- Schwenck Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willicksen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- Eagle Grove Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Vincent had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Vincent had a population of 158 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vincent, with the one closest to Vincent listed first.
- Thor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Badger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Judd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Judd is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
- Duncombe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flugstad ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flugstad is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugstad
- Woolstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Coalville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Evanston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Brushy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Goldfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kalo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kalo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalo
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dakota City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Border Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vincent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vincent.
Newspapers Published in Vincent ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vincent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vincent, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vincent.
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 helpful 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 Vincent:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Calhoun County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Humboldt County
- Kossuth County
- Pocahontas County
- Wright 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> | 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- Vincent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Vincent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |