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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Conception (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 Conception. 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 and 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.

Conception is located in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Page (IA), Taylor (IA), Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt & Worth.

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

  • Nodaway County     (The home county of Conception)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception listed first.
    • Conception Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Clyde
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
    • Guilford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ravenwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Arkoe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Barnard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Orrsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Maryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Parnell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Gaynor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pickering
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pickering is located in Nodaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Graham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Skidmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Andrew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception listed first.
    • Bolckow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rea
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rosendale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyeth ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Fillmore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Helena is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Rochester ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Savannah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Avenue City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Avenue City is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
    • Cosby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cosby is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Amazonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Amazonia is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Nodaway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Country Club
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Country Club is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
  • DeKalb County
  • Gentry County
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception listed first.
    • New Hampton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Martinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Martinsville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Holt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception listed first.
    • Maitland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Maitland is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • New Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mound City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Oregon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Worth County
  • Page County (IA)
    • Braddyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ringgold County (IA)
    • Redding
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Taylor County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception listed first.
    • Athelstan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
    • Blockton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Siam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Bedford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bedford is located in Taylor County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,380 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Conception ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conception.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Conception, with the one closest to Conception 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Conception had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Clyde
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
  • Guilford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bedison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bedison is located in Nodaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedison
  • Stanberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ravenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Arkoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Barnard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alanthus Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cawood ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cawood is located in Andrew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
  • Island City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Island City is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
  • Douglas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Douglas is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Enyart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Enyart is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enyart
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bolckow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
    • Whitesville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Whitesville is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville

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

Newspapers Published in Conception ...

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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conception.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Conception, 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 Conception.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Conception:

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