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 Birdsong (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 Birdsong. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Birdsong is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Polk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Birdsong. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birdsong:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Birdsong)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Cobb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Collins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roscoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vista is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Gerster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gerster is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Osceola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monegaw Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monegaw Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monegaw Springs
- Lowry City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Johnson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Appleton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barton County
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Bates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Prairie City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Benton County
- Tackner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tackner is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tackner
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Caplinger Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caplinger Mills is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caplinger Mills
- Lebeck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lebeck is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebeck
- Stockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Willowville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
- El Dorado Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Umber View Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Virgil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Jerico Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Bona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Arcola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Glen Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Corry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Dadeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dallas County
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Brownington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brownington is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Deepwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Weaubleau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elkton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Quincy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Wheatland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Galmey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Galmey is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galmey
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Nemo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Preston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cross Timbers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Humansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flemington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flemington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Dunnegan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnegan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
- Rondo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Fair Play
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sentinel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sentinel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Former name for Sentinel:
- Sentinel Prairie
- Aldrich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Eudora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Goodson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Wishart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Montevallo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Schell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harwood is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Bellamy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Walker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birdsong, see our County-by-County Page for Birdsong.
Cemeteries Near Birdsong ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birdsong.
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 Birdsong - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birdsong covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Rookins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sheeks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman - Holsapple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Seat Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Preston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Simrell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Culbertson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nance Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Culbartson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hackleman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Love Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Birdsong in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birdsong.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birdsong, with the one closest to Birdsong listed first.
- Rookins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rookins is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookins
- Cobb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Caplinger Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caplinger Mills is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caplinger Mills
- Collins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arnica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arnica is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnica
- Roscoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ivy is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Humansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vista is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Weaubleau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oyer is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyer
- Lebeck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lebeck is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebeck
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monegaw Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monegaw Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monegaw Springs
- Osceola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birdsong. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birdsong.
Newspapers Published in Birdsong ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdsong.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birdsong, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birdsong.
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 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 Birdsong:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Henry County
- Hickory County
- Polk County
- Vernon 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> | 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 Birdsong, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Birdsong) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |