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 Wald (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 Wald. 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 and hospitals 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.
Wald is located in Cedar 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 Cedar County: Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Wald. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wald:
- Cedar County (The home county of Wald)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Stanwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tipton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Buchanan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- 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
- Lowden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Lime City
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Toronto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- 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
- Lost Nation
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Elwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Grand Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Welton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Delmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Monmouth
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Crab Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Ironhills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Maquoketa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Oasis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Morse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Elmira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Midway ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Iowa City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- University Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Coralville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Shueyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Cou Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cou Falls is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cou Falls
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Olin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Oxford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Morley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Wyoming
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Center Junction
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Onslow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Amber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Anamosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Lisbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Viola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Springville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bertram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Ely
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Squaw Creek Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Squaw Creek Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Creek Village
- Western
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Western is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnway Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
- Cedar Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Louisa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Atalissa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- South Towne Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Muscatine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Fairport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Midway Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Beach
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- New Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Big Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Durant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Walcott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Donahue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noel ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Long Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wald, see our County-by-County Page for Wald.
Cemeteries Near Wald ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wald.
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 Wald - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wald covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Red Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stanwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stanwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stanwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96418 <2>
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bradley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Cass Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Wald in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wald.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wald, with the one closest to Wald listed first.
- Stanwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tipton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Buchanan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Mechanicsville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- 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
- Cedar Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lowden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plato
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plato is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Olin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Massillon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Massillon is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
- Oxford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wald. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wald.
Newspapers Published in Wald ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wald.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wald, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wald.
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 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 Wald:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Cedar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Muscatine County
- Scott 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 Wald, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wald) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |