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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cartmell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cartmell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cartmell, 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 Cartmell (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 Cartmell. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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 Cartmell is historic, it would have been located within present day Newton 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 Newton County: Cherokee (KS), Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald & Ottawa (OK).

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

  • Newton County     (The home county of Cartmell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Boulder City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Boulder City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
    • Stark City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stella
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newtonia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Granby
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Neosho
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Granby City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Granby City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
    • Ritchey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ritchey is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Park is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
    • Diamond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Diamond is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
      • Former names for Diamond:
      • Diamond Grove
      • Diamond Mill
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <2>
    • Talmage City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Talmage City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
    • Wentworth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wentworth is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pioneer is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Wheaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ridgley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgley is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
    • Purdy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Butterfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Butterfield is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Monett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Exeter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Washburn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cassville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Star City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Star City is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Thompsons Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
    • Tom Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Tom Town is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
    • Seligman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Seligman is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Motley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Motley is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
    • Parshley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Parshley is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
    • Sarcoxie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fidelity
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Fidelity is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
    • Reeds
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Reeds is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Duenweg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rex City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rex City is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
    • Duquesne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Duquesne is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
    • East Joplin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • East Joplin is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
    • La Russell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • La Russell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Joplin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Prosperity
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Prosperity is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
    • Carthage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Pierce City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Freistatt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Stotts City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Verona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Verona is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
    • Hoberg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Mount Vernon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McDonald County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Rocky Comfort
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
    • Erie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Erie is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Goodman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wylie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wylie is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
    • Powell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Powell is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Anderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • May
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • May is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • Jane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jane is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane <2>
    • Lanagan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pineville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ginger Blue
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Noel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Noel is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <2>
    • Tiff City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Tiff City is located in McDonald County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
  • Benton County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Bella Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Pea Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hiwasse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hiwasse is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
    • Sulphur Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gateway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brightwater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Brightwater is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
    • Clantonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clantonville is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
    • Avoca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Avoca is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
    • Little Flock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Flock is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
    • Gravette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bentonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cherokee County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • East Galena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
    • South Galena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
    • Galena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <2>
    • Empire City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
  • Delaware County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Dodge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
  • Ottawa County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartmell, with the one closest to Cartmell listed first.
    • Peoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Kellyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
    • Wyandotte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Lincolnville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville

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

Cemeteries Near Cartmell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cartmell.

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

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

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

  • Hazelgreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Wanda Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Weems Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ivie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jones Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Shannon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Culp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Robertson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...
    • Dice Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Civil War Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Elm Spring Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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.

While we didn't find Cartmell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cartmell.

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

  • Wanda
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wanda is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
  • Christopher
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Christopher is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
  • Stella
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newtonia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Granby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bethpage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bethpage is located in McDonald County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
  • Rocky Comfort
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
  • Grangeville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Grangeville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
  • Neosho
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Erie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie is located in McDonald County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Pioneer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer is located in Barry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Ritchey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ritchey is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • McElhany
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • McElhany is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElhany
    • Berwick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Berwick is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
    • Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Park is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park

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

Newspapers Published in Cartmell ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cartmell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cartmell, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cartmell.

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 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 Cartmell:

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 Cartmell, 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 '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- Cartmell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.