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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 Caplinger Mills (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 Caplinger Mills. 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 Caplinger Mills ...

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 Caplinger Mills: Caplinger Mls. (or less commonly used: Caplinger Mlls.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Caplinger Mills is located in Cedar 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 Cedar County: Barton, Dade, Hickory, Polk, Saint Clair & Vernon.

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

  • Cedar County     (The home county of Caplinger Mills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caplinger Mills, with the one closest to Caplinger Mills listed first.
    • Stockton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lebeck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Willowville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Umber View Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • El Dorado Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Virgil City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Virgil City is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
    • Jerico Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Barton County
  • Bates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caplinger Mills, with the one closest to Caplinger Mills listed first.
    • Rockville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockville is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Prairie City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie City is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
  • Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caplinger Mills, with the one closest to Caplinger Mills listed first.
    • Arcola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arcola is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
    • Bona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Glen Town is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
    • Corry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Dadeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lockwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lockwood is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • South Greenfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Pilgrim
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Greene County
    • Walnut Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caplinger Mills, with the one closest to Caplinger Mills listed first.
    • Weaubleau
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Quincy is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Wheatland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Galmey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Pittsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hermitage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Nemo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Avery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk County
  • Saint Clair County
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caplinger Mills, with the one closest to Caplinger Mills listed first.
    • Montevallo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bellamy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Harwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harwood is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Schell City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Walker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Walker is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Milo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Milo is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Sheldon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Nevada
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Caplinger Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caplinger Mills.

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 Caplinger Mills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Preston Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rookins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hackleman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pankey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Simrell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Tennessee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Love Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheeks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seat Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Eslinger Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (242 more) ...

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Caplinger Mills had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ivy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivy is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
  • Rookins
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rookins is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookins
  • Stockton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Arnica
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Arnica is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnica
  • Cobb
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Filley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Filley is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filley
  • Lebeck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Collins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oyer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Oyer is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyer
  • Roscoe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bearcreek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bearcreek is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearcreek
  • Humansville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • El Dorado Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunnegan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunnegan is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
    • Tiffin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiffin is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin

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

Newspapers Published in Caplinger Mills ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caplinger Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caplinger Mills, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caplinger Mills.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Caplinger Mills:

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>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 Caplinger Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Caplinger Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.