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 Ware (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 Ware. 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 northeast 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 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.
Ware is located in Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Clay, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Sac & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Ware. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ware:
- Pocahontas County (The home county of Ware)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Havelock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laurens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rolfe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Varina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Palmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fonda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Albert City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marathon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Newell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rembrandt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sioux Rapids
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Truesdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Juniata
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Lakeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Storm Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Casino Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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 Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Pomeroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jolley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Manson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lytton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Rockwell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knierim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Sherwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Webb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webb is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Gillett Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Cornell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rossie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Dickens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Peterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Gilmore City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bradgate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ottosen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Pioneer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Rutland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Bode
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Dakota City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Humboldt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Kossuth County
- Whittemore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Palo Alto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Mallard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Curlew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Ayrshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rodman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Emmetsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cylinder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ruthven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Graettinger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Nemaha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sac City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Early
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Clare
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Barnum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barnum is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Tara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ware, see our County-by-County Page for Ware.
Cemeteries Near Ware ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ware.
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 Ware - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ware covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Havelock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laurens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Swan Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elfsborg - Dover Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Garton Graveyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Columbkille's Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powhatan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Fairfield Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Albert City.
- The Fairfield Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94730 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rush Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rush Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Mallard.
- The Rush Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stratton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145197 <2>
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 Ware in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ware.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ware, with the one closest to Ware listed first.
- Havelock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Laurens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Mallard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rolfe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marathon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Curlew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Fonda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lizard ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
- Gilmore City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ayrshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pomeroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bradgate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ware. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ware.
Newspapers Published in Ware ...
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 Ware.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ware, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ware.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ware:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Pocahontas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buena Vista County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Humboldt County
- Kossuth County
- Palo Alto County
- Sac 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 '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- Ware) 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 Ware, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |