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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 Bloodland (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 Bloodland. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Bloodland is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.

Below are the counties that are near Bloodland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bloodland:

  • Pulaski County     (The home county of Bloodland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.
    • Saint Robert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Waynesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Laquey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Laquey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
    • Devils Elbow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Richland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Swedeborg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
    • Crocker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dixon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Hawkeye
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.
    • Stoutland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montreal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.
    • Lenox
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Lecoma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Coulstone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Spring
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Jack
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Laclede County
  • Maries County
    • Brinktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Miller County
    • Iberia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.
    • Duke
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Beulah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jerome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Newburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Doolittle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Rolla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Texas County
  • Wright County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bloodland, see our County-by-County Page for Bloodland.

Cemeteries Near Bloodland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloodland.

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 Bloodland - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bloodland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.

  • Bloodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • McCann Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ramsey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockwell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Watts Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Laughlin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (233 more) ...
    • Cedar Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Winnipeg Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Omalley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<2>

While we didn't find Bloodland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bloodland.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bloodland, with the one closest to Bloodland listed first.

  • Big Piney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
  • Cookville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cookville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
  • Spring Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Waynesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Roby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Blooming Rose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
  • Nebo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nebo is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
  • Plato
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Beulah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Edgar Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Clementine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Clementine is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Drynob
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Drynob is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drynob
    • Turley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Turley is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
    • Success
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bloodland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloodland.

Newspapers Published in Bloodland ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bloodland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloodland, 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 Bloodland.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Bloodland:

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 Bloodland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bloodland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.