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 Brock (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 Brock. 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 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.
Brock is located in Scotland 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 Scotland County: Davis (IA), Van Buren (IA), Adair, Clark, Knox & Schuyler.
Below are the counties that are near Brock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brock:
- Scotland County (The home county of Brock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arbela
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kilwinning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Unity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Pleasant Retreat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Gorin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
- South Gorin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gorin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Adair County
- Brashear
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Luray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Luray is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Wyaconda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyaconda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyaconda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Acasto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Acasto is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
- Chambersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Anson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Anson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Medill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Medill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Athens is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Kahoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peaksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Neeper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Neeper is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeper
- Revere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clark City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clark City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Dumas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dumas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Rutledge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greensburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Baring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Kenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Edina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Hurdland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Knox City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis County
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Livonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Downing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Queen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Julesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Julesburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julesburg
- Greentop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coatsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Coatsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
- Appanoose County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Moulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Davis County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Stiles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Savannah is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
- Steuben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Chequest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chequest is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mark is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Floris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Floris is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Drakesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Grove is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Carbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Henry County (IA)
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Jefferson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Libertyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Batavia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Croton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Croton is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Big Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Primrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Primrose is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Argyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vincennes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Van Buren County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Cantril
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keosauqua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leando
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Kilbourn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Mount Zion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Douds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Bonaparte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Wapello County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Eldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cliffland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brock, see our County-by-County Page for Brock.
Cemeteries Near Brock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brock.
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 Brock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- North Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Curtiss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Memphis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #944932 <3>
- South Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Billups Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Billups Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McHenry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Needham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cottage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conyers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brock had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brock, with the one closest to Brock listed first.
- Azen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Azen is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azen
- Hitt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hitt is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cantril
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arbela
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prospect Grove is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Grove
- Kilwinning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Stiles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles is located in Davis County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Downing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Unity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mount Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brock.
Newspapers Published in Brock ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brock, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brock.
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 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 Brock:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Scotland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Clark County
- Knox County
- Lewis County
- Putnam County
- Schuyler County
- Appanoose County
- Davis County
- Henry County
- Jefferson County
- Lee County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello 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- Brock) 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 Brock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |