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 White Cloud (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 White Cloud. 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.
White Cloud is located in Mills 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 Mills County: Fremont, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Cass (NE) & Sarpy (NE).
Below are the counties that are near White Cloud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Cloud:
- Mills County (The home county of White Cloud)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Hastings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Malvern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mills is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Mineola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pacific City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Folsom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Cass County
- Griswold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Imogene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Bartlett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bartlett is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Thurman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Sidney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Farragut
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McPaul
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McPaul is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Percival
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Coburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Red Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elliott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Tenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Sciola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Villisca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Essex
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nyman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Coin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hepburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Northboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Clarinda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Macedonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Treynor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dumfries
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Carson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McClelland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Council Bluffs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Underwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carter Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atchison County (MO)
- Farmers City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Cass County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Rock Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Plattsmouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mynard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mynard is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Murray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nehawka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cullom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cullom is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Cedar Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Douglas County (NE)
- Ralston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otoe County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Nebraska City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sarpy County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- La Platte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Gilmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Papillion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- La Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Cloud, see our County-by-County Page for White Cloud.
Cemeteries Near White Cloud ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Cloud.
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 White Cloud - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Cloud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hasting Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Malvern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wearin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cotten Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Randolph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Emerson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monroe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, White Cloud had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Strahan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strahan is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahan
- Hastings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Malvern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solomon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
- Emerson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Imogene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawthorne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Glenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Cloud. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Cloud.
Newspapers Published in White Cloud ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Cloud.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Cloud, 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 White Cloud.
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 White Cloud:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Mills County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Fremont County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Pottawattamie County
- Atchison County
- Cass County
- Douglas County
- Otoe County
- Sarpy 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> | 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 White Cloud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- White Cloud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |