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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Calwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Calwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Calwood, please Contact Us.
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 Calwood (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 Calwood. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Calwood is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Calwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Calwood:
- Callaway County (The home county of Calwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Kingdom City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auxvasse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hatton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Steedman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Lindbergh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Stephens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mokane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Benton City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Vandiver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Martinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Rush Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Laddonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farber is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Larrabee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Centralia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hallsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Switch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Oldham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pierpont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Hinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Hartsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Osage City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Jefferson City
(29 miles [46.7 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 <2>
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Morrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Hermann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Montgomery City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bluffton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Starkenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Big Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- New Florence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rhineland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McKittrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellflower
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Chamois
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 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 Calwood, see our County-by-County Page for Calwood.
Cemeteries Near Calwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Calwood.
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 Calwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Calwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Guerrart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kibby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auxvasse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gregory Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Augusta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Wright Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Callaway Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiness 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.
Calwood itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 95 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Calwood, with the one closest to Calwood listed first.
- Toledo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Toledo is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- McCredie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCredie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
- Callaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Callaway is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bachelor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bachelor is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Auxvasse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bryans ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bryans is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Readsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Readsville is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsville
- Shamrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Hams Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Reform
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Hatton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Earl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Earl is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Calwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Calwood.
Newspapers Published in Calwood ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Calwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Calwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Calwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Calwood:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Gasconade County
- Montgomery County
- Osage County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Calwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |