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 Callaway (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 Callaway. 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 Callaway ...
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.
Another variation: Calleaway.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Callaway. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Callaway.
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 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.
Callaway is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Callaway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Callaway:
- Callaway County (The home county of Callaway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Kingdom City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Auxvasse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hatton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Lindbergh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Stephens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Steedman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Folsom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Mokane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Lake Mykee Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vandiver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Benton City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Martinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Laddonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Larrabee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Saling ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Stephens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Switch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Pierpont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Hallsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Centralia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Hartsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- McBaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Huntsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Osage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Jefferson City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Taos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Saint Martins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Scruggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Cooper County
- Wooldridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Morrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Lupus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Americus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Bluffton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Wellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Starkenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Big Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- New Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rhineland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKittrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Chamois
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Loose Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Linn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Callaway, see our County-by-County Page for Callaway.
Cemeteries Near Callaway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Callaway.
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 Callaway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Callaway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Southside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kibby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Guerrart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Callaway Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Auxvasse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Cloud Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Muir Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Callaway had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Callaway, with the one closest to Callaway listed first.
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCredie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCredie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
- Calwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calwood is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calwood
- Earl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Earl is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Auxvasse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Toledo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Hatton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Carrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrington is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Millersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millersburg is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Hams Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Bachelor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bachelor is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Bryans ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bryans is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans
- Guthrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Reform
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reform is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Callaway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Callaway.
Newspapers Published in Callaway ...
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 Callaway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Callaway, 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 Callaway.
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 Callaway:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Gasconade County
- Moniteau County
- Montgomery County
- Osage 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> | 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 Callaway, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Callaway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |