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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 Akers (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 Akers. 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 and 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.

Akers is located in Shannon 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 Shannon County: Carter, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Reynolds & Texas.

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

  • Shannon County     (The home county of Akers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Akers, with the one closest to Akers listed first.
    • Round Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Alley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Eminence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Birch Tree
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Montier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Winona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawford County
    • Cook Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cook Station is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Akers, with the one closest to Akers listed first.
    • Jadwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Darien
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gila
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Doss
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jack
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Coulstone
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bunker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lenox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Howes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Howes is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
    • Boss
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Boss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
    • Lake Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Lecoma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Howell County
  • Iron County
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Akers, with the one closest to Akers listed first.
    • Beulah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Reynolds County
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Akers, with the one closest to Akers listed first.
    • Hartshorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Summersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Eunice
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymondville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Licking
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mineral Springs City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Sherrill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Houston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hattie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Solo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
    • Bucyrus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elk Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Akers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Akers.

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

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

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

  • Akers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Rector Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Halbrook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Weese Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Short Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lone Pine - Piatt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Chrisco Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bedwell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Summer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (187 more) ...
    • Empire Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Delmar Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Akers had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Cedargrove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
  • Nile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nile is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
  • Jadwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ink
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ink is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
  • Sinkin ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sinkin is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkin
  • Gladden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gladden is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladden
  • Montauk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Montauk is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
  • Darien
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hartshorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Round Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Joy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Joy is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Custer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Custer is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Akers ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Akers.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Akers, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Akers.

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 Akers:

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 Akers, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Akers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.