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 Yorktown (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 Yorktown. 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 hospitals 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.
Yorktown is located in Page 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 Page County: Fremont, Montgomery, Taylor, Atchison (MO) & Nodaway (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Yorktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yorktown:
- Page County (The home county of Yorktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Clarinda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- College Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Shambaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Nyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Hepburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Essex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hawleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Blanchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Northboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Braddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Nodaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Iveyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Brooks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Strand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Carbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Corning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Lincoln Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Imogene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farragut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- High Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Riverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Sidney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tabor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Emerson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Hastings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Coburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Villisca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Red Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Sciola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Elliott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Siam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Guss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Ladoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Gravity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Conway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Atchison County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Westboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Farmers City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Tarkio
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Elmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Clearmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hopkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quitman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Pickering
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Gaynor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Maryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orrsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yorktown, see our County-by-County Page for Yorktown.
Cemeteries Near Yorktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yorktown.
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 Yorktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yorktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Summit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Posley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenanter Cemetery
- The Covenanter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covenanter Church Cemetery
- Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94532 <2>
- Clarinda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Immanual Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 in 1895, Yorktown had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Yorktown had a population of 83 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Page Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Page Center is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
- Norwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Norwich is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Coin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Clarinda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- College Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Shambaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Nyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Hepburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Essex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Northboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Blanchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hawleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Braddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yorktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yorktown.
Newspapers Published in Yorktown ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yorktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yorktown, 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 Yorktown.
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 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 Yorktown:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Fremont County
- Mills County
- Montgomery County
- Taylor County
- Atchison County
- Nodaway 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yorktown) 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 Yorktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |