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 Ash Hill (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 Ash Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Ash Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Ashhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Ash Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ash Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Ash Hill is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Ash Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ash Hill:
- Butler County (The home county of Ash Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Fisk
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rombauer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Broseley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kelly Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Qulin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Oglesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Harviell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fagus
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Neelyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Sturdivant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Gipsy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Greenbrier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Zalma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Carter County
- Ellsinore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Malden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Gibson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Clarkton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Holcomb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Parma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Risco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gideon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tallapoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Canalou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Morehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Fairdealing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Gamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Naylor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Oxly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Puxico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bernie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Penermon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Circle City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Guam ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Grayridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Baker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Brownwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Wappapello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
- McGee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Williamsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowndes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Dees Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dees Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees Town
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Clubb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Silva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Saint Francis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pollard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- McDougal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Moark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Piggott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greenway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ash Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Ash Hill.
Cemeteries Near Ash Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ash Hill.
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 Ash Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ash Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Ash Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dooley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morocco Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Chapel Cemetery
- The Brown Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel General Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27790 <2>
- Browns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dudley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Hillis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huffman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Ash Hill had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ash Hill, with the one closest to Ash Hill listed first.
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Asherville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Asherville is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Poplar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hilliard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hilliard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
- Wappapello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mingo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mingo is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Qulin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Puxico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acorn Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Acorn Ridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ridge
- Roxie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roxie is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie
- Harviell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hendrickson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrickson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
- Carola ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carola is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carola
- Valley Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Ridge is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ash Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ash Hill.
Newspapers Published in Ash Hill ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ash Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ash Hill, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ash Hill.
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 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 Ash Hill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Carter County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Ripley County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Clay 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 Ash Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ash Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |