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 Woodbine (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 Woodbine. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodbine is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Crawford, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Burt (NE) & Washington (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Woodbine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbine:
- Harrison County (The home county of Woodbine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Persia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Pisgah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Missouri Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Mondamin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Modale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Sioux
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- California Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Dow City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Arion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Buck Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Charter Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Astor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Denison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ricketts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Monona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Moorhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soldier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ute
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blencoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Turin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Castana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Onawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pottawattamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Loveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Pigeon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Neola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Minden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Underwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
- Crescent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- McClelland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Panama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Earling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Tennant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Defiance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Harlan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shelby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Corley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Irwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Botna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Burt County (NE)
- Tekamah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Douglas County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Briggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Home Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Washington County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Blair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <1>
- Fort Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbine, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbine.
Cemeteries Near Woodbine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbine.
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 Woodbine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Woodbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cowan - Pardee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mefferd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Biglers Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hodges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Purcell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ellison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Logan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGavern Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Logan.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel - Knauss Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94244 <3>
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodbine had a population of 815 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Woodbine had a population of 1,363 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbine, with the one closest to Woodbine listed first.
- Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Dunlap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Portsmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Panama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manteno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manteno is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
- Persia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Beebeetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beebeetown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebeetown
- Missouri Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Westphalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Mondamin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Modale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbine.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Woodbine ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbine.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Woodbine. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Woodbine and those printed in the larger area surrounding Woodbine.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Woodbine.
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 Woodbine:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Monona County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby County
- Burt County
- Douglas County
- Washington 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodbine) 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 Woodbine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |