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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 Boston (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 Boston. 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.
Boston is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boston:
- Barton County (The home county of Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Kenoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Lamar Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Bushnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Golden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Layneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Irwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Liberal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Virgil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Umber View Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Lockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Arcola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Glen Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Pilgrim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Corry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Maple Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Neck City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Alba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Purcell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medoc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Brooklyn Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Avilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Opolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Red Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Miller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Heatonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Silver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Saginaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Dennis Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Talmage City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Cliff Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Redings Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Sheldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bellamy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Bronaugh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Milo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Montevallo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Moundville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bourbon County (KS)
- Garland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Lawton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Badger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Crestline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Empire City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- East Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scammon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Cornell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Opolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Curranville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Mulberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Fox Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Frontenac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Arma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boston, see our County-by-County Page for Boston.
Cemeteries Near Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boston.
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 Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Killey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stafford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Hendricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ruddick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fair View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Boston had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Esrom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Kenoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Malty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Malty is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malty
- Lamar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bushnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Iantha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iantha is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iantha
- Golden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Maple Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Dudenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dudenville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudenville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Alba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Medoc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boston.
Newspapers Published in Boston ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boston, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boston.
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 Boston:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boston) 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 Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |