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 Amazonia (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 Amazonia. 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 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.
Amazonia is located in Andrew 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 Andrew County: Doniphan (KS), Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Amazonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Amazonia:
- Andrew County (The home county of Amazonia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Savannah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Country Club
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Cosby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Rosendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Bolckow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Willow Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Agency
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Faucett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rushville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Gower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Union Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Clarksdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Winslow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Osborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- King City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Ford City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Maitland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Fortescue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Barnard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Arkoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Conception
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conception Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Clyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Skidmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Dearborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Atchison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Port Williams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Brown County (KS)
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Palermo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Fanning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Brenner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Moray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Bendena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Iowa Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Doniphan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Richardson County (NE)
- Rulo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Amazonia, see our County-by-County Page for Amazonia.
Cemeteries Near Amazonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amazonia.
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 Amazonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Amazonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Greenwick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hackberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Columbus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ladd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vanschoiack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Savannah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moskau Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Earls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clizer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Sunbridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunbridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Saint Joseph.
- The Sunbridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- City Cemetery
- St. Joseph City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216074 <3>
- B'nai Sholem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Amazonia had a population of 282 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Amazonia had a population of 320 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Amazonia, with the one closest to Amazonia listed first.
- Dean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Savannah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Wathena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Palermo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cosby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Rosendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Amazonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amazonia.
Newspapers Published in Amazonia ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amazonia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amazonia, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Amazonia.
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 helpful 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 Amazonia:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Andrew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Richardson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amazonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Amazonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |