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 Airport Drive (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 Airport Drive. 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.
Name Variations for Airport Drive ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Airport Drive: Airport Dr.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Airport Drive is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Airport Drive. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Airport Drive:
- Jasper County (The home county of Airport Drive)
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Lone Elm
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Webb City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oakland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Thoms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Carl Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oronogo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Joplin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Klondike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Central City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Mindenmines
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oakton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Kenoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Lamar Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Burgess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Golden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- Red Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- May
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Goodman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Dennis Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Cliff Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Leawood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Redings Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Saginaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Spring City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Loma Linda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Racine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Badger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- East Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Empire City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Lawton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Crestline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Riverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Quaker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Baxter Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Commonwealth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Opolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Klendike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Cherokee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Lone Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Capaldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Curranville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Beulah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Lincolnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- North Miami
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Wyandotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miami
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Kellyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Dotyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Airport Drive, see our County-by-County Page for Airport Drive.
Cemeteries Near Airport Drive ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Airport Drive.
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 Airport Drive - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Airport Drive covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Peace Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Joplin.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30325 <2>
- Webb City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- The Webb City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wild Rose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32195 <2>
- Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Joplin.
- The Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ozark Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30712 <2>
- Oronogo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carl Junction Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carterville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Twin Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ritchie Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
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 Airport Drive in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Airport Drive.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Airport Drive, with the one closest to Airport Drive listed first.
- Tuckahoe
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tuckahoe is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Webb City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thoms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- West Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carl Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- East Joplin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oronogo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Empire City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 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 Airport Drive. See our List of 1890's Communities around Airport Drive.
Newspapers Published in Airport Drive ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Airport Drive.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Airport Drive, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Airport Drive.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Airport Drive:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Lawrence County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Airport Drive, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Airport Drive) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |