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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 Yetter (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 Yetter. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Yetter is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Buena Vista, Carroll, Greene, Pocahontas, Sac & Webster.

Below are the counties that are near Yetter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yetter:

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Yetter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Sherwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Lake City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lytton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lytton is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jolley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jolley is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
    • Rockwell City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rands
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Rands is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
    • Wightman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wightman is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
    • Twin Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Lohrville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pomeroy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rinard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Knierim
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Buena Vista County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Newell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Newell is located in Buena Vista County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 859 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newell <1>
    • Juniata
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
    • Lakeside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Casino Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
    • Storm Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Breda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Breda is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
    • Lanesboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Lidderdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Carroll Community Estates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Carroll
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Glidden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Arcadia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
    • Ralston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ralston is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Halbur
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Halbur is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Roselle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Roselle is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
    • Willey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Willey is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Templeton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Boyer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyer is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
    • Westside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vail
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Vail is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <1>
    • Kiron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Deloit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Deloit is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Churdan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Churdan is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Scranton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Farlin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Farlin is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
  • Ida County
    • Arthur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Arthur is located in Ida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
  • Pocahontas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Fonda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Fonda is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fonda <1>
    • Varina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Varina is located in Pocahontas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Palmer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pocahontas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Sac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Auburn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Grant City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Grant City is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
    • Sac City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
    • Wall Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
    • Herring ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Herring is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
    • Early
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Nemaha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Nemaha is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Odebolt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Odebolt is located in Sac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
    • Schaller
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.
    • Slifer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Slifer is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
    • Barnum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnum is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Callender
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Callender is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Gowrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Moorland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Tara
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tara is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yetter, see our County-by-County Page for Yetter.

Cemeteries Near Yetter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yetter.

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 Yetter - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yetter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.

  • St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grant City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lutheran Emanuel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Luckow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...

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 Yetter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yetter.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Yetter, with the one closest to Yetter listed first.

  • Grant City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grant City is located in Sac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
  • Auburn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lake City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carnarvon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kentner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kentner is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
  • Sac City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Breda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Breda is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
  • Mount Carmel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
  • Rockwell City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jolley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jolley is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
  • Wall Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rands
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Rands is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
    • Twin Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Maple River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Maple River is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yetter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yetter.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Yetter ...

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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yetter.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Yetter. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Yetter and those printed in the larger area surrounding Yetter.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Yetter.

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 Yetter:

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 Yetter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Yetter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.