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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 Brush Arbor (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 Brush Arbor. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Brush Arbor is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Brush Arbor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brush Arbor:

  • Butler County     (The home county of Brush Arbor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Poplar Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelly Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelly Town is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
    • Harviell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rombauer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Rombauer is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
    • Fisk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Neelyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Broseley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oglesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oglesville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
    • Qulin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Qulin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
  • Bollinger County
    • Gipsy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Ellsinore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Grandin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Grandin is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
    • Chicopee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chicopee is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
    • Van Buren
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fremont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Fremont is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Des Arc
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Des Arc is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Vulcan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Vulcan is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Reynolds County
    • Ellington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ripley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Fairdealing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
    • Gamburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Gamburg is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
    • Oxly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Oxly is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
    • Doniphan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Naylor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Naylor is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Bennett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bennett is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Briar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Briar is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Current View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Current View is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
    • Ponder
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponder is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
    • Bardley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bardley is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
  • Stoddard County
    • Puxico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Williamsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mill Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Dees Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dees Town is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees Town
    • Piedmont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Wappapello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Patterson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Shook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shook is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
    • Silva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Silva is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
    • Bounds
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bounds is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
    • Clubb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clubb is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
    • Hiram
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hiram is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
  • Clay County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.
    • Current View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
    • Moark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brush Arbor, see our County-by-County Page for Brush Arbor.

Cemeteries Near Brush Arbor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brush Arbor.

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 Brush Arbor - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brush Arbor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.

  • Kearney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Margaret Trainor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kearbey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hill Top Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Smith Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Miller Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Holladay Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Robertson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • Black River Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Military Crossing Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Boyer 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.<2>

While we didn't find Brush Arbor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brush Arbor.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Brush Arbor, with the one closest to Brush Arbor listed first.

  • Upalika
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Upalika is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upalika
  • Halloran
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Halloran is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloran
  • Keeners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Keeners is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeners
  • Williamsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kerrigan ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kerrigan is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrigan
  • Barlow ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Barlow is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
  • Hendrickson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hendrickson is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
  • Grandin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Mill Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Hunter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hunter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Leeper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Leeper is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeper
  • Taskee Station ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Taskee Station is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taskee Station
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Belcher ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Belcher is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
    • Hilliard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hilliard is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
    • Roxie ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Roxie is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brush Arbor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brush Arbor.

Newspapers Published in Brush Arbor ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brush Arbor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brush Arbor, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brush Arbor.

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 Brush Arbor:

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 Brush Arbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brush Arbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.