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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 Cleveland (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 Cleveland. 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.

Cleveland is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Johnson (KS), Miami (KS), Bates, Henry, Jackson & Johnson.

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

  • Cass County     (The home county of Cleveland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • West Line
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Annette
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lake Annette is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Riverview Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Riverview Estates has also been known as:
      • Riverview Estates village
    • Freeman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Peculiar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Harrelson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrelson is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
    • Belton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Loch Lloyd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
      • Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
      • Loch Lloyd village
    • Coleman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Raymore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Main City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Main City is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
    • Lake Winnebago
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
  • Bates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Drexel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Burdett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Merwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Amsterdam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Adrian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Passaic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Passaic is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Amoret
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Clay County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Belvidere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Grandview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Martin City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Martin City is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
    • New Santa Fe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
    • Greenwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Holmes Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Indian Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Indian Village is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Unity Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Unity Village is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Raytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Little Blue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cockrell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Lotawana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Jack
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • La Tour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • La Tour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
    • Latour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Kingsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Douglas County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Black Jack ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Black Jack is located in Douglas County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
    • Clearfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hesper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Wellsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rantoul
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Le Loup
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Le Loup is located in Franklin County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
    • Peoria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Johnson County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Stilwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Hill is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
      • Spring Hill has also been known as:
      • Spring Hill Station
      • Springfield
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
    • Overland Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Clare
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Olathe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Leawood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lenexa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gardner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardner is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardner <1>
    • Prairie Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Countryside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
    • Fairway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fairway is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairway <1>
    • Mission Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
    • Edgerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Edgerton is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgerton <1>
  • Leavenworth County (KS)
  • Linn County (KS)
  • Miami County (KS)
  • Wyandotte County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Cleveland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cleveland.

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

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

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

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 Cleveland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cleveland.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Cleveland ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleveland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cleveland, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cleveland.

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 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 Cleveland:

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>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- Cleveland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Cleveland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.