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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bayfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bayfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bayfield, 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 Bayfield (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 Bayfield. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bayfield is historic, it would have been located within present day DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Gentry & Harrison.
Below are the counties that are near Bayfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayfield:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Bayfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Clarksdale
(3 miles [4.8 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Union Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Maysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Fairport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Weatherby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Country Club
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Nodaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Rea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rosendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Agency
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(21 miles [33.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Caldwell County
- Kidder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Holt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Starfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Plattsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Mabel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- King City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ford City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Gentryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Darlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Stanberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McFall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Holt County
- Forbes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Guilford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Edgerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dearborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Camden Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodruff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Tracy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Iatan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sugar Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Platte City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Platte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ray County
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Elwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Palermo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Brenner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Doniphan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Fanning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Moray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayfield, see our County-by-County Page for Bayfield.
Cemeteries Near Bayfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayfield.
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 Bayfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Thornton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Todd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silvers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Easton.
- De Kalb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blakely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
Bayfield itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayfield, with the one closest to Bayfield listed first.
- Clarksdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stockbridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockbridge is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Hemple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hemple is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemple
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- San Antonio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Stewartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Clair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Garrettsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Saxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Starfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayfield.
Newspapers Published in Bayfield ...
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 273 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayfield, 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 Bayfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bayfield:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Doniphan 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 Bayfield, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bayfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |