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 Blue Mills (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 Blue Mills. 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 Blue Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blue Mills: Blue Mls. (or less commonly used: Blue Mlls.)
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.
Blue Mills is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Blue Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Mills:
- Jackson County (The home county of Blue Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Atherton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Buckner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- River Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Cement City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Levasy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Blue Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Grain Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Baldwin Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Strasburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loch Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Harrelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Peculiar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Riverview Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Missouri City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Sugar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenaire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Pleasant Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Claycomo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- East Kansas City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Chandler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Mosby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Lilly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lathrop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Kingsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Napoleon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Bates City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mayview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Page City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Northmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Parkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Weatherby Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Ferrelview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Waldron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ridgely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Platte City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farley is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Excelsior Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Rayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Lawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Mission Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mission
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Prairie Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Leawood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lenexa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Quivira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Kansas City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Argentine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Piper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Mills.
Cemeteries Near Blue Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Mills.
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 Blue Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hudspeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chiles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Drake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Douglass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hendrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lobb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buckner Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Sibley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mound Grove 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blue Mills had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Mills, with the one closest to Blue Mills listed first.
- Atherton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Courtney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Buckner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Missouri City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Pink Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Washington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Englewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Blue Springs
(9 miles [14.5 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 Blue Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Mills.
Newspapers Published in Blue Mills ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Mills.
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 Blue Mills:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blue Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |