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 Iuka (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 Iuka. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Iuka is located in Pratt County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pratt County: Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kingman, Kiowa, Reno & Stafford.
Below are the counties that are near Iuka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iuka:
- Pratt County (The home county of Iuka)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Natrona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Pratt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Byers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cullison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Sawyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Elm Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Isabel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Sun City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Mingona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Trousdale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trousdale is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Fellsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
- Belpre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belpre is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Centerview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Centerview is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Cunningham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Penalosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Willowdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Kiowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Wellsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Haviland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belvidere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Brenham ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brenham is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Turon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Jordan Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Langdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Sylvia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Sylvia has also been known as:
- Anderson's Farm
- Lerado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Plevna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Stafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Neola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Stafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Saint John
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Macksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iuka, see our County-by-County Page for Iuka.
Cemeteries Near Iuka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iuka.
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 Iuka - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iuka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Iuka Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cairo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haynesville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Byers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruddick Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (65 more) ...
- Sunset Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Iuka had a population of 257 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Iuka had a population of 156 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iuka, with the one closest to Iuka listed first.
- Natrona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Pratt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Cullison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Neola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Sawyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Wellsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Cunningham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Turon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Stafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dillwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dillwyn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillwyn
- Saint John
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Springvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale has also been known as:
- Springdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iuka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iuka.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Iuka ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iuka.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Iuka. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Iuka and those printed in the larger area surrounding Iuka.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Iuka.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Iuka:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Pratt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Edwards County
- Kingman County
- Kiowa County
- Reno County
- Stafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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 Iuka, 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- Iuka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |