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 Boydsville (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 Boydsville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Boydsville is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Boydsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boydsville:
- Callaway County (The home county of Boydsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Folsom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- New Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lindbergh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Lake Mykee Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Stephens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Holts Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kingdom City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Cedar City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Tebbetts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Mokane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vandiver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Benton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Larrabee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oldham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Pierpont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Hartsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Switch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Columbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- McBaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Hinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Huntsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hallsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocheport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Jefferson City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Osage City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Saint Martins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Scruggs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Taos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Centertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Lohman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Wooldridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Prairie Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Clarks Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Pisgah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Gasconade County
- Morrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Lupus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McGirk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- California
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Bluffton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Americus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Starkenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Chamois
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loose Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Folk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Linn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boydsville, see our County-by-County Page for Boydsville.
Cemeteries Near Boydsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boydsville.
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 Boydsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boydsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Boydsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville Cemetery
- The Boydsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boydsville Christian Church Cemetery
- Paris Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hundley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Millers Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Barger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Cloud Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Bloomfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Boydsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boydsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boydsville, with the one closest to Boydsville listed first.
- Carrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carrington is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Guthrie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Folsom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Millersburg is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- New Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Earl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Earl is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deer Park is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hams Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Holts Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Callaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callaway is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Claysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Hord ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- McCredie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCredie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boydsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boydsville.
Newspapers Published in Boydsville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boydsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boydsville, 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 Boydsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Boydsville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Gasconade County
- Moniteau County
- Montgomery County
- Osage 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 Boydsville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boydsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |