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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 Albany (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 Albany. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Albany is located in Gentry County and is the County Seat.

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 Gentry County: Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison, Nodaway & Worth.

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

  • Gentry County     (The home county of Albany)
  • Andrew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Rea
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolckow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Helena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Helena is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Rochester ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyeth ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Daviess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Pattonsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Coffey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Coffey is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Alta Vista ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jameson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bancroft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Winston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Altamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Altamont is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Mabel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Gallatin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • DeKalb County
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • New Hampton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Martinsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Martinsville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Bethany
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gardner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hatfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hatfield is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagleville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilman City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Blythedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Blythedale is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
    • Mount Moriah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Nodaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Clyde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
    • Conception Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Conception
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ravenwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Parnell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Guilford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Orrsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gaynor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arkoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Barnard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Maryville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Pickering
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pickering is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Worth County
  • Ringgold County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Redding
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Delphos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Delphos is located in Ringgold County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
      • Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
    • Maloy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Taylor County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Athelstan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
    • Blockton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people

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

Cemeteries Near Albany ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albany.

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

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

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

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 Albany had a population of 1,334 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Albany had a population of 1,650 people.

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

  • Evona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Evona is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
  • McCurry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • McCurry is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurry
  • Darlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Darlington is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Whitten
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitten is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
  • Ellenorah
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ellenorah is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenorah
  • Voyage ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Voyage is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
  • Gentryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • New Hampton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lone Star
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Matkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Matkins is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkins
  • Denver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Stanberry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Albany ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Albany. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Albany and those printed in the larger area surrounding Albany.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Albany.

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 Albany:

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 Albany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.