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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 Byron (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 Byron. 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 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.

Byron is located in Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.

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

  • Osage County     (The home county of Byron)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Tebbetts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Mokane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Portland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Steedman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • Holts Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Osage City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Taos
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Saint Thomas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Wardsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Jake Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Argo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bourbon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Leasburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Cloud
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • West Sullivan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • West Sullivan is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Franklin County
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Bland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bland is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
    • Mount Sterling
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Owensville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Redbird
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosebud
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Morrison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gasconade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Little Berger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermann
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Maries County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Belle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Paydown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanes Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lindell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Vichy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Vienna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brinktown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Miller County
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Saint James
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Rosati
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rolla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Doolittle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Newburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people

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

Cemeteries Near Byron ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Byron.

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

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

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

  • Francis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Heyer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • College Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fuersville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Koenig Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Old Bland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bueker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Schanning Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Travis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (363 more) ...
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Old United Methodist Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nixon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Byron had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Belle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
  • Cleavesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cleavesville is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleavesville
  • Paydown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Canaan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Canaan is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
  • Freedom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Freedom is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Lanes Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rich Fountain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
  • Leduc ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leduc is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leduc
  • Owensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lindell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • High Gate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • High Gate is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Linn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Linn is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <1>
    • Lois
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lois is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
    • Redbird
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Byron ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Byron.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Byron, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Byron.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Byron:

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 Byron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Byron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.