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 Burney Ford (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 Burney Ford. 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 Burney Ford ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Burney Ford: Burney Frd.
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 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.
Burney Ford is located in Wright 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 Wright County: Douglas, Laclede, Texas & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Burney Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burney Ford:
- Wright County (The home county of Burney Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Saint George
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Astoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Green Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Grovespring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Mountain Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Norwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Macomb
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Macomb is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
- Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Camden County
- Stoutland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dallas County
- Long Lane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Douglas County
- Olathia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olathia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathia
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Competition
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Falcon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Bridges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Winnipeg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Evergreen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Pease
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Abo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Brush Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Duke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Beulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Bloodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Laquey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Waynesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Robert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Plato
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bendavis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bendavis is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
- Huggins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Roby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Success
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bucyrus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Dunn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Former name for Dunn:
- Impo
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Simmons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Cabool
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Rader
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Niangua
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Seymour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Diggins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burney Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Burney Ford.
Cemeteries Near Burney Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burney Ford.
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 Burney Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burney Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Blankenship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emmerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dorris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bohanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Old Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lynch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McGinnis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Casey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hough Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amos Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Burney Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burney Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burney Ford, with the one closest to Burney Ford listed first.
- Saint George
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Manes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manes is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manes
- Competition
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Astoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Fuson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fuson is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuson
- Rail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rail
- Nebo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Boyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boyer is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Turley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Turley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Plato
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grovespring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orla is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orla
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huggins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Pleasant Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burney Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burney Ford.
Newspapers Published in Burney Ford ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burney Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burney Ford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burney Ford.
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 Burney Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Wright County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Laclede County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Texas County
- Webster 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burney Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Burney Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |