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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 Bachelor (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 Bachelor. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Bachelor is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.

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

  • Callaway County     (The home county of Bachelor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Williamsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Auxvasse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Kingdom City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fulton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <1>
    • Hatton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hatton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Portland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lindbergh
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
    • Stephens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Stephens is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Steedman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • Mokane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • New Bloomfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Benton City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Benton City is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Martinsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vandiver
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Vandiver is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Mexico
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rush Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Thompson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Thompson is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Laddonia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Farber
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Farber is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Vandalia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Larrabee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
    • Saling ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Saling is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Centralia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hallsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Stephens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stephens is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Ashland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moores Switch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Moores Switch is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Hinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hinton is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Pierpont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Morrison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Gasconade
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Hermann
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Truxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Truxton is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Olney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Olney is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
  • Monroe County
    • Santa Fe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Santa Fe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Wellsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Danville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • New Florence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Americus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Americus is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
    • Big Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
    • Middletown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Middletown is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Bluffton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
    • Starkenburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
    • Bellflower
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • High Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Gamma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gamma is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Osage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bachelor, with the one closest to Bachelor listed first.
    • Chamois
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Isbell ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Isbell is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
    • Bonnots Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • French Village ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • French Village is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
  • Pike County
    • New Harmony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Harmony is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Ralls County
    • Perry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Bachelor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bachelor.

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

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

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

  • Augusta Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bullard Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sawyers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Auxvasse Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Unity Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Grand Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (229 more) ...
    • Lockridge Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gregory Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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, Bachelor had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Shamrock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shamrock is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Calwood ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calwood is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calwood
  • Williamsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Auxvasse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bryans ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryans is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans
  • McCredie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • McCredie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
  • Benton City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Benton City is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Callaway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Callaway is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
  • Toledo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Toledo is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Concord
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Concord is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Fulton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fulton is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <1>
  • Mineola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineola is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wellsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Readsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Readsville is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsville
    • Danville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Bachelor ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bachelor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bachelor, 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 Bachelor.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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 Bachelor, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bachelor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.