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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cooleys. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cooleys to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cooleys, please Contact Us.
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 Cooleys (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 Cooleys. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Cooleys is historic, it would have been located within present day Clay 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Cooleys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooleys:
- Clay County (The home county of Cooleys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Missouri City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mosby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Prathersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Excelsior Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kearney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Glenaire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Birmingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Claycomo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Polo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Stet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Miles Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Norborne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- River Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Adams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Cement City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Independence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maywood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Lake Tapawingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Napoleon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bates City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Mayview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Page City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Higginsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Northmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Lake Waukomis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Platte Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Parkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Ridgely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Platte City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Crystal Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fleming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Excelsior Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Westwood Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Mission Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Prairie Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Kansas City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Argentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Morris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooleys, see our County-by-County Page for Cooleys.
Cemeteries Near Cooleys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooleys.
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 Cooleys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cooleys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Dillen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sibley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riffe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- George Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Douglass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Rowland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Cooleys in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cooleys.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooleys, with the one closest to Cooleys listed first.
- Missouri City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prathersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Orrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Excelsior Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Floyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Courtney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Fleming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Vibbard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooleys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooleys.
Newspapers Published in Cooleys ...
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 215 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooleys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooleys, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooleys.
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 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 Cooleys:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Wyandotte County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cooleys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Cooleys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |