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 Anabel (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 Anabel. 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 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.
Anabel is located in Macon 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 Macon County: Adair, Chariton, Knox, Linn, Monroe, Randolph, Shelby & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Anabel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anabel:
- Macon County (The home county of Anabel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Macon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Economy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Excello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bevier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Atlanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ardmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ardmore is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Sue City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Callao
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Love Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Barnesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Kaseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Gibbs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brashear
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Millard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Audrain County
- Tulip
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Novelty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plevna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Hedge City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hedge City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedge City
- Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hurdland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Edina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- Bucklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Duncans Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Woodlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Ash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Granville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Evansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Holliday
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- North Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Middle Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Stoutsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Darksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Moberly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thomas Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Renick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Lentner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Leonard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lakenan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Kendall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Emden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Hunnewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anabel, see our County-by-County Page for Anabel.
Cemeteries Near Anabel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anabel.
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 Anabel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anabel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Amish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ewing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maplewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Clarence.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29990 <2>
- Hopper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kellogg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Mitts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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, Anabel had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anabel, with the one closest to Anabel listed first.
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ten Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Cox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cox is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Macon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Redman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Hagers Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hagers Grove is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagers Grove
- Lyda ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyda is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyda
- Excello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maud is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lentner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Economy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Levick Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Levick Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levick Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anabel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anabel.
Newspapers Published in Anabel ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anabel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anabel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anabel.
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 Anabel:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Macon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Audrain County
- Knox County
- Linn County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Shelby 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 Anabel, 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- Anabel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |