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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 Arroll (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 Arroll. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Arroll is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Arroll)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroll, with the one closest to Arroll listed first.
    • Hattie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hattie is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
    • Summersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eunice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hartshorn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Yukon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Solo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
    • Elk Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Elk Creek is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
    • Sargent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sargent is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Raymondville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Simmons
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Simmons is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
    • Houston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cabool
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroll, with the one closest to Arroll listed first.
    • Jadwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Coulstone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Darien
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Howell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroll, with the one closest to Arroll listed first.
    • Mountain View
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Willow Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Peace Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Peace Valley is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Burnham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnham is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
    • Pomona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pomona is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
    • West Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Chapin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Chapin is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Siloam Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam Springs is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
  • Oregon County
    • Thomasville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroll, with the one closest to Arroll listed first.
    • Montier
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Montier is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
    • Alley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Birch Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Eminence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Akers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Round Spring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Winona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Wright County
    • Mountain Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Arroll ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arroll.

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

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

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

  • Cold Spring Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Harlow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Oakside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Summersville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Newsalem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsalem Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Newsalem Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mountain View.
    • The Newsalem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30500 <3>
  • New Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Riley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (131 more) ...
    • Pickett Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rowe Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Oak Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Arroll in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arroll.

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

  • Hattie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hattie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
  • Oakside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Oakside is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakside
  • Summersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clear Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clear Springs is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eunice
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Big Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Creek is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Tyrone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyrone is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
  • Montier
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Hartshorn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Varvol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Varvol is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varvol
  • Hutton Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hutton Valley is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton Valley
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Willow Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Birch Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Alley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley

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

Newspapers Published in Arroll ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arroll.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arroll, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arroll.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Arroll:

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- Arroll) 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 Arroll, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.