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 Brooklyn Heights (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 Brooklyn Heights. 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 Brooklyn Heights ...
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 Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brooklyn Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brooklyn Heights.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Brooklyn Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooklyn Heights:
- Jasper County (The home county of Brooklyn Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Carterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Oronogo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Webb City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Purcell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Neck City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Duenweg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Duquesne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- Airport Drive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Pioneer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Monett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Oakton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Kenoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Lamar Heights
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Golden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mindenmines
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Liberal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Layneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Irwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Burgess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Dade County
- Lockwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Red Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Stotts City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Pierce City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Freistatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Hoberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Miller
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Goodman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- May
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Erie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Dennis Acres
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Saginaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Leawood
(11 miles [17.7 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 Drive
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Diamond
(12 miles [19.3 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>
- Cliff Village
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Redings Mill
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Shoal Creek Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Spring City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Granby City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Badger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- East Galena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Lawton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Empire City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Crestline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Riverton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Quaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Baxter Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Commonwealth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Opolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Cornell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Klendike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frontenac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Cherokee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Curranville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Lone Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Peoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Lincolnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooklyn Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Brooklyn Heights.
Cemeteries Near Brooklyn Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooklyn Heights.
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 Brooklyn Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooklyn Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Curtis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carterville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Carthage.
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Regan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30740 <2>
- Laxton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Acres Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Acres Cemetery
- The Fair Acres Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jasper County Poor Farm Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oronogo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30325 <2>
- Webb City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- The Webb City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wild Rose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32195 <2>
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Fullerton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purcell Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28811 <2>
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 Brooklyn Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brooklyn Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn Heights, with the one closest to Brooklyn Heights listed first.
- Carterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Webb City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oronogo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Fidelity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Knights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Knights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Tuckahoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- East Joplin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Thoms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Joplin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooklyn Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooklyn Heights.
Newspapers Published in Brooklyn Heights ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooklyn Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooklyn Heights, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooklyn Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Brooklyn Heights:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Dade County
- Lawrence County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Ottawa 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 Brooklyn Heights, 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- Brooklyn Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |