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 Corder (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 Corder. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Corder is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Carroll, Jackson, Johnson, Pettis, Ray & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Corder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Corder:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Corder)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Alma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Higginsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Page City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Aullville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Hodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Concordia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Mayview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Emma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Miles Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Norborne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Palemon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wakenda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Stet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Bogard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mandeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- De Witt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Bosworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Levasy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sni Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
- Hicks City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
- Buckner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sibley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Dunksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Valley City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Columbus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Greendoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Knob Noster
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Centerview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Houstonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Tedieville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Hughesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- La Monte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Hardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Henrietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Morton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Rockingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fleming
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Rayville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Blackburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Osage Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
- Grand Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Mount Leonard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Salt Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Sweet Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Malta Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cretcher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Herndon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Blue Lick
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Corder, see our County-by-County Page for Corder.
Cemeteries Near Corder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corder.
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 Corder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Corder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peacock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Higginsville.
- The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Cemetery
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
- Salem United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28629 <3>
- City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Republican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Corder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Page Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sharp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. John's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Dover.
- The St. John's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183233 <3>
- Dover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Dover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #658938 <3>
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Corder had a population of 1,145 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Corder had a population of 406 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Corder, with the one closest to Corder listed first.
- Higginsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Page City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Aullville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Concordia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Miles Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Mayview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Emma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elmwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Grand Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Sugartree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sugartree is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Corder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Corder.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Corder ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corder.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Corder. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Corder and those printed in the larger area surrounding Corder.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Corder.
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 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 Corder:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Pettis County
- Ray County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | 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- Corder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Corder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |