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 Call (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 Call. 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 and hospitals 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.
Call is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Newton & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Call. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Call:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Call)
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Heatonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Stinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Miller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Halltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Round Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Hoberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Stotts City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Red Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Freistatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Marionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Monett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Scholten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Leann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Purdy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jenkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Star City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Pioneer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Golden City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Bushnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Kenoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cedar County
- Umber View Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Billings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clever
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nixa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Cassidy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Everton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- South Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Corry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Dadeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Arcola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Bona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Ash Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Brookline Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Walnut Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Battlefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Langston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Sequiota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- La Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Avilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Maple Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Sarcoxie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Motley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Forest Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Parshley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Carthage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Fidelity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Talmage City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Wentworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Ritchey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Graydon Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Eudora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Aldrich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Morrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Bradfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Crane
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Hurley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Call, see our County-by-County Page for Call.
Cemeteries Near Call ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Call.
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 Call - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Call covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark Prairie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozark Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Heatonville
- The Ozark Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141240 <2>
- Sycamore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miller Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stahl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Henson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Summit Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Mount Vernon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #201216 <2>
- Misemer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lumbleys Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumbleys Grave
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lumbleys Grave is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Miller.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159064 <2>
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hitchcock Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Call in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Call.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Call, with the one closest to Call listed first.
- Miller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Paris Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paris Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Springs
- Phelps
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Phelps is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chesapeake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chesapeake is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Lawrenceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Halltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Round Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Emmett ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Everton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Kings Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- South Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Call. See our List of 1890's Communities around Call.
Newspapers Published in Call ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Call.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Call, 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 Call.
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 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 Call:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Cedar County
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Polk County
- Stone 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 '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- Call) 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 Call, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |