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 Brinktown (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 Brinktown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Brinktown is located in Maries 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 Maries County: Gasconade, Miller, Osage, Phelps & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Brinktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brinktown:
- Maries County (The home county of Brinktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lindell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Paydown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Vichy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lanes Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Belle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Montreal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osage Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Ozark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Teal ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Saint Thomas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Henley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Eugene
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Taos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Wardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Osage City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Dent County
- Lecoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Bland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Iberia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Ulman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brumley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tuscumbia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Etterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Kaiser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bagnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Lakeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Argyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Koeltztown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Meta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Freeburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Folk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Westphalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Koenig
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Loose Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Doolittle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Newburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Rolla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rosati
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crocker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Devils Elbow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Swedeborg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Saint Robert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Waynesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laquey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Bloodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brinktown, see our County-by-County Page for Brinktown.
Cemeteries Near Brinktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brinktown.
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 Brinktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brinktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Dodd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bumpass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crisman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stokes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vienna Public Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Visitation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jim - Matt Lawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulkerson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pendleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Brinktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brinktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brinktown, with the one closest to Brinktown listed first.
- Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tavern is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern
- Hayden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Van Cleve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van Cleve is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Cleve
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Iberia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hancock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Franks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Koeltztown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Saint Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Babbtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Babbtown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbtown
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Crocker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Lindell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brinktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brinktown.
Newspapers Published in Brinktown ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brinktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brinktown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brinktown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Brinktown:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Maries County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Cole County
- Dent County
- Gasconade County
- Miller County
- Osage County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Brinktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brinktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |