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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 Coleman (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 Coleman. 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 hospitals 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.

Coleman 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 Coleman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coleman:

  • Cass County     (The home county of Coleman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Raymore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peculiar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Winnebago
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
    • Harrelson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Harrelson is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
    • Riverview Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Pleasant Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Harrisonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Baldwin Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Belton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Annette
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Annette is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • East Lynne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Drexel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Burdett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Adrian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Merwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Amsterdam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Passaic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Passaic is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Mayesburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Blairstown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Urich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Belvidere
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Grandview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cockrell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Unity Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Unity Village is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Lake Lotawana
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Jack
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Martin City is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
    • Holmes Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Santa Fe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
    • Little Blue
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hicks City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Kingsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • La Tour
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • La Tour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
    • Latour
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Holden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Quick City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Quick City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
    • Columbus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Centerview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Greendoor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lafayette County
  • Johnson County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Stilwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Leawood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Overland Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mission Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
    • Fairway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 Woods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Spring Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Countryside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
    • Lenexa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Mission
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
      • Former name for Mission:
      • Mission Hill Acres
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
    • Roeland Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Linn County (KS)
  • Miami County (KS)
  • Wyandotte County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Coleman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coleman.

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

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

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

  • Wills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Peculiar Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Raymore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Orient Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitts Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Belton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (260 more) ...
    • Frazee Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sloan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cleveland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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 in 1895, Coleman had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Ore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ore is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
  • Peculiar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Raymore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gowdy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gowdy is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
  • Harrelson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Harrelson is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
  • Avon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Avon is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Harrisonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Belton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lynne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Belvidere
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Jaudon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jaudon is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaudon
    • Daugherty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Daugherty is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty

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

Newspapers Published in Coleman ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coleman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coleman, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coleman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Coleman:

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