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 Baxter (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 Baxter. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Baxter is located in Stone 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 Stone County: Carroll (AR), Barry, Christian, Lawrence & Taney.
Below are the counties that are near Baxter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baxter:
- Stone County (The home county of Baxter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Lampe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marmaros
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Coney Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Kimberling City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Cape Fair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Branson West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCord Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Shell Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Emerald Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Golden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hill City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Chain-O-Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jenkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Leann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Scholten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Thompsons Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Cassville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Chestnutridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saddlebrooke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Spokane
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green Mound Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Highlandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taney County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oasis is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Table Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Branson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Melva ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Ridgedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kirbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bull Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Merriam Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Rockaway Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Day
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Clantonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Lost Bridge Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Gateway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Omaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Alpena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Lowry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Batavia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Batavia is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Polo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Blue Eye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Urbanette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Berryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Holiday Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Green Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Beaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Eureka Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conway County (AR)
- Grandview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County (AR)
- Marble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baxter, see our County-by-County Page for Baxter.
Cemeteries Near Baxter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baxter.
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 Baxter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baxter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Horn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Philibert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hammer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rhodes Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Blue Eye (AR).
- The Rhodes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rhoades Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31096 <2>
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Coney Island
- Kimberling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Oswalt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Field Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Viola Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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, Baxter had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
- Marmaros
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Radical
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Radical is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radical
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Polo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Blue Eye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Golden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maple is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Yocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cape Fair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mano is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mano
- Oak Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baxter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baxter.
Newspapers Published in Baxter ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baxter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baxter, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baxter.
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 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 Baxter:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Stone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Lawrence County
- Taney County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Madison 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 Baxter, 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- Baxter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |