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 Bendavis (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 Bendavis. 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.
Bendavis is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Bendavis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bendavis:
- Texas County (The home county of Bendavis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Huggins
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Bucyrus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dunn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Former name for Dunn:
- Impo
- Simmons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Success
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cabool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Mineral Springs City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Solo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Plato
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Roby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Dent County
- Coulstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Vanzant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vanzant is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Olathia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olathia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathia
- Drury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Drury is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
- Buckhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buckhart is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhart
- Howell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sterling is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Willow Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnham is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Lynchburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Competition
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Winnipeg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Falcon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pease
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Twin Bridges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Beulah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Duke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Pulaski County
- Bloodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Webster County
- Rader
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Graff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Green Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Astoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Mountain Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Hartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macomb is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
- Odin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Grovespring
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bendavis, see our County-by-County Page for Bendavis.
Cemeteries Near Bendavis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bendavis.
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 Bendavis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bendavis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tuttle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Canada Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peachee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peachee Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Mountain Grove.
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stubbs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Jarrett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett Cemetery
- The Jarrett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jarrett - Hamilton Creek Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Altis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Bendavis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bendavis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bendavis, with the one closest to Bendavis listed first.
- Alice
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alice is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Huggins
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Fowler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Gravel Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Point is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Point
- Bado
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bado is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bado
- Dykes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Rail
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rail
- Antler ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antler is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antler
- Astoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Lundy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lundy is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
- Plum Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Valley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Roubidoux
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roubidoux is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubidoux
- Turley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Turley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Manes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manes is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manes
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bendavis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bendavis.
Newspapers Published in Bendavis ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bendavis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bendavis, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bendavis.
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 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 Bendavis:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Texas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Howell County
- Laclede County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Webster County
- Wright 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> | 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- Bendavis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bendavis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |