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 Iona (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 Iona. 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 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 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.
Iona is located in Knox County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Iona. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iona:
- Knox County (The home county of Iona)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Decker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Willis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Verne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Monroe City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Beal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Fritchton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wheatland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Alfordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Elnora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Portersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zoar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Haysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Giro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Dongola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Francisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Oakland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mackey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Fort Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buckskin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Glezen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Algiers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Oakland City Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Otwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Spurgeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Posey County
- Cynthiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- Carlisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Stacer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Inglefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Wheatonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Lynnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elberfeld
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Oil Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Heathsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Bone Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Browns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Billett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Birds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sumner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Berryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Allendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Orio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Mount Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Keensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iona, see our County-by-County Page for Iona.
Cemeteries Near Iona ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iona.
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 Iona - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iona covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Hartley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beedell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frederick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Pier Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Dick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Catt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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, Iona had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iona, with the one closest to Iona listed first.
- Decker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Purcell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Bowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Monroe City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Beal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oatsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Rumble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Pond Creek Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Patoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Wheatland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Glezen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iona. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iona.
Newspapers Published in Iona ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iona.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iona, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iona.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Iona:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Sullivan County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Iona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |