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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 Burdett (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 Burdett. 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 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.

Burdett is located in Bates 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 Bates County: Linn (KS), Miami (KS), Cass, Henry, Saint Clair & Vernon.

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

  • Bates County     (The home county of Burdett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • Merwin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Adrian
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Drexel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Amsterdam
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Passaic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Passaic is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Amoret
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Butler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nyhart
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Worland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Foster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • New Home
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mayesburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hume
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Hume is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • Main City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Main City is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
    • Archie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Austin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • West Line
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Annette
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lake Annette is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Harrisonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleveland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Peculiar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Riverview Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Riverview Estates has also been known as:
      • Riverview Estates village
    • East Lynne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coleman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • Urich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Blairstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hartwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
    • Montrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • Belvidere
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Greenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Grandview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • La Tour
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • La Tour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
    • Latour
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Quick City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Quick City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
    • Kingsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Clair County
    • Appleton City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vernon County
    • Metz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Bourbon County (KS)
  • Johnson County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
    • Stilwell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Hill is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
      • Spring Hill has also been known as:
      • Spring Hill Station
      • Springfield
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
  • Linn County (KS)
  • Miami County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Burdett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burdett.

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 Burdett - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Burdett had a population of 70 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Main City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Main City is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Merwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Adrian
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Archie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Drexel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Amsterdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mulberry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mulberry is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Passaic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Passaic is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
  • Austin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lisle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisle is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
  • Jingo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Virginia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Virginia is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
    • Lone Tree
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Tree is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
    • Amoret
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Burdett ...

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 185 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burdett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burdett, 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 Burdett.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Burdett:

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 from Point A (ie- Burdett) 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 Burdett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.