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 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.
Albany is located in Ray 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 Ray County: Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson & Lafayette.
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:
- Ray County (The home county of Albany)
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Orrick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fleming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Rayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Excelsior Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Hardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Lawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Polo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cowgill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Braymer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Miles Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Norborne
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Stet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Palemon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Excelsior Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Missouri City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mosby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Chandler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Kearney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Roosterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Glenaire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Claycomo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Minaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Converse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Levasy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Atherton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Grain Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- River Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Blue Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tapawingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Cement City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson County
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Napoleon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bates City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Page City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Higginsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hodge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Northmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Parkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Mission Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Kansas City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
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.
- South Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barsher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gordan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riffe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith - Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rowland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pettus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dillen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sibley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cravens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Buckner.
- The Ebenezer Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bone Hill Cemetery
- Ebenezer UCC Cemetery
- Levasy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161426 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Albany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Albany.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Orrick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Floyd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Fleming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Levasy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Napoleon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Atherton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Excelsior Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Albany, 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 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 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 Albany:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Ray County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Johnson County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Albany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |