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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 Cobb (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 Cobb. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Cobb is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Polk & Vernon.

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

  • Saint Clair County     (The home county of Cobb)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Roscoe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Collins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Vista
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Vista is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Osceola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gerster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gerster is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Monegaw Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lowry City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Johnson City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Johnson City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
    • Appleton City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Barton County
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Rockville
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie City is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Tackner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Racket
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Racket is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
  • Cedar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Caplinger Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lebeck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stockton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Willowville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • El Dorado Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Umber View Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Virgil City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Virgil City is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
    • Jerico Springs
      (23 miles [37 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
  • Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Arcola
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Glen Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Glen Town is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
    • Corry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dadeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Brownington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Brownington is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Deepwater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Montrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • La Due
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
    • Tightwad
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Tightwad is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Hickory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Weaubleau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Quincy is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Elkton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Wheatland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Galmey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hermitage
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Avery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Nemo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Cross Timbers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Preston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Humansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Flemington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Flemington is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Dunnegan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunnegan is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
    • Rondo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fair Play
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sentinel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Aldrich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolivar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Polk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Polk is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Eudora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Eudora is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
    • Goodson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
    • Schell City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montevallo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Harwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harwood is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Walker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Walker is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Bellamy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cobb ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cobb.

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

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

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

  • Norris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Seat Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Culbartson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rookins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sheeks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Freeman - Holsapple Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Preston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nance Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Love Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (243 more) ...
    • Roscoe Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Culbertson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fraley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cobb had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Rookins
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rookins is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookins
  • Roscoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Caplinger Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Collins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oyer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oyer is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyer
  • Vista
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vista is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
  • Lebeck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ivy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivy is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
  • Arnica
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Arnica is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnica
  • Monegaw Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Osceola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Tiffin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Tiffin is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Humansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Weaubleau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pape
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pape is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pape

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

Newspapers Published in Cobb ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cobb.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cobb, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cobb.

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 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 Cobb:

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 Cobb, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cobb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.