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 Wall Lake Station (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 Wall Lake Station. 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.
Name Variations for Wall Lake Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wall Lake Station: Wall Lk. Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Wall Lake Station 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 Wall Lake Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wall Lake Station:
- Sac County (The home county of Wall Lake Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Odebolt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Herring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Wall Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Early
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Schaller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sac City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nemaha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Juniata
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Casino Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Storm Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Yetter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lytton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Breda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Halbur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Carroll
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll Community Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Lidderdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Manning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Templeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Willey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Glidden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Boyer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Kiron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deloit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Schleswig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Ricketts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Charter Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Arion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Ida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Ida Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Galva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holstein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Ute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas County
- Fonda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Botna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Defiance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Woodbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Correctionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wall Lake Station, see our County-by-County Page for Wall Lake Station.
Cemeteries Near Wall Lake Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wall Lake Station.
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 Wall Lake Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wall Lake Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Odebolt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Kiron.
- The Bethel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94253 <3>
- Tom Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kiron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Reform Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Wall Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hayes Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Lehfeld Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
While we didn't find Wall Lake Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wall Lake Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wall Lake Station, with the one closest to Wall Lake Station listed first.
- Odebolt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Kiron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Wall Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Deloit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carnarvon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ida Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Breda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Early
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Schaller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Denison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wall Lake Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wall Lake Station.
Newspapers Published in Wall Lake Station ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wall Lake Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wall Lake Station, 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 Wall Lake Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Wall Lake Station:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Sac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Ida County
- Monona County
- Pocahontas County
- Shelby County
- Woodbury 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wall Lake Station) 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 Wall Lake Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |