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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 Colony (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 Colony. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Colony is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Adair, Clark, Lewis, Macon, Scotland & Shelby.

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

  • Knox County     (The home county of Colony)
  • Adair County
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colony, with the one closest to Colony listed first.
    • Wyaconda
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Neeper
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Luray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Luray is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Medill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kahoka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Patrick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
    • Clark City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Clark City is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
    • Chambersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Peaksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Revere
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Wayland is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Acasto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colony, with the one closest to Colony listed first.
    • Williamstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Williamstown is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • La Belle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • New Court Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • New Court Village is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
    • Lewistown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Monticello
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Monticello is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Argola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sellers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ewing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Canton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Durham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Weber
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colony, with the one closest to Colony listed first.
    • Sue City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sue City is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
    • La Plata
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colony, with the one closest to Colony listed first.
    • Downing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Downing is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Scotland County
  • Shelby County
  • Lee County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colony, with the one closest to Colony listed first.
    • Vincennes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Croton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Argyle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Van Buren County (IA)
  • Adams County (IL)
  • Hancock County (IL)
    • Warsaw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Warsaw is located in Hancock County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Colony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colony.

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

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

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

  • Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Standiford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • East Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ewing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bondurant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sutter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pauline Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Knox City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (231 more) ...
    • Indian Creek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cunningham Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Colony had a population of 54 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Forest Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
  • Millport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Millport is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
  • Fairmont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairmont is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
  • Rutledge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gorin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Gorin is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
  • Knox City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sand Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Hill is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • La Belle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Williamstown is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Wyaconda
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Edina
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Neeper
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Etna is located in Scotland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Baring
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Colony ...

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 Colony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colony, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colony.

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 Colony:

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