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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ashton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ashton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashton, please Contact Us.
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 Ashton (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 Ashton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ashton is historic, it would have been located within present day Buchanan 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 Buchanan County: Atchison (KS), Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Ashton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashton:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Ashton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Matney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Willow Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Agency
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faucett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Easton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- De Kalb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Country Club
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Amazonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Cosby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Nodaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Savannah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Rosendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Clay County
- Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Gower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Plattsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Turney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Clarksdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Union Star
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Amity
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Osborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Gentry County
- King City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Forbes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Dearborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Camden Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodruff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Ridgely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- West Platte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tracy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Platte City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stillings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stillings is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Atchison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Potter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Cummings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Elwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Brenner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Bendena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Fanning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Kickapoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashton, see our County-by-County Page for Ashton.
Cemeteries Near Ashton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashton.
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 Ashton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- New King Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Mora Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sparta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Sparta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Feuquay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Karns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ashland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Cemetery
- The Ashland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Ashton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ashton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Matney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Saxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Willow Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Clair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Wathena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- Agency
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garrettsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Palermo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Faucett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- San Antonio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Halls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Halleck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Halleck is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashton.
Newspapers Published in Ashton ...
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 172 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashton.
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 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 Ashton:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Leavenworth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ashton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ashton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |