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 Birds Nest (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 Birds Nest. 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.
Name Variations for Birds Nest ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Birds Nest, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Birds Nest may originally have been Bird's Nest.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Birds Nest might be written as Bird Nest.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Birds Nest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Birds Nest.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Birds Nest is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Phelps & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Birds Nest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birds Nest:
- Crawford County (The home county of Birds Nest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Sankey ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sankey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
- Steelville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Midland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Elaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elaver is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaver
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leasburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scotia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Wesco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wesco is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Cherryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Argo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Bourbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Sligo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Howes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Lake Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lecoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Boss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Doss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Japan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Japan is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japan
- Elmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elmont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmont
- Boone ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Sullivan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Oak Grove has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Village
- Strain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Strain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Caseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caseyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Champion City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Champion City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion City
- Miramiguoa Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miramiguoa Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miramiguoa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Charmwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Charmwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charmwood
- Benson Tourist City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benson Tourist City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Tourist City
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Redbird
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Owensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Viburnum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Good Water
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good Water is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Water
- Bixby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Lanes Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Vichy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lindell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Belle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paydown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Osage County
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Rosati
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Saint James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rolla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Doolittle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Berryman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Berryman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- Aptus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Horton Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Horton Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Town
- Sunlight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunlight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Richwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birds Nest, see our County-by-County Page for Birds Nest.
Cemeteries Near Birds Nest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birds Nest.
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 Birds Nest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birds Nest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Haack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Steelville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hibler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moultray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kinder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Cuba.
- The Kinder Cemetery has also been known as:
- United Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29677 <3>
- Cherry Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lea Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Schweider Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairclough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Birds Nest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birds Nest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birds Nest, with the one closest to Birds Nest listed first.
- Sankey ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sankey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
- Steelville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Midland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Leasburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Keysville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Scotia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scotia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Coffeyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeyton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeyton
- Delhi ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Delhi is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Cherryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Service ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Service is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bourbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Argo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Argo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Cook Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birds Nest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birds Nest.
Newspapers Published in Birds Nest ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birds Nest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birds Nest, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birds Nest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Birds Nest:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dent County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Iron County
- Maries County
- Osage County
- Phelps County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Birds Nest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birds Nest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |