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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 Cornelia (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 Cornelia. 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 and doctors 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.

Cornelia is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Cass, Henry, Jackson, Lafayette, Pettis & Saline.

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

  • Johnson County     (The home county of Cornelia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia listed first.
    • Leeton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Henrietta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chilhowee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Warrensburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Centerview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Knob Noster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Greendoor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Holden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Valley City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
    • Columbus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Quick City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Quick City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
    • Kingsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • La Tour
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • La Tour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
  • Bates County
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia listed first.
    • Palo Pinto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Ionia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ionia is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
    • Racket
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Racket is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia listed first.
    • Creighton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gunn City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Strasburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Garden City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • East Lynne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Baldwin Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Pleasant Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia listed first.
    • Bowen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bowen is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
    • Norris
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calhoun
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Calhoun is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
    • Windsor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Blairstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Maurine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Maurine is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurine
    • Hartwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
    • Yolo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Urich
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Alberta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Clinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • La Due
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
    • Tightwad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tightwad is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Jackson County
  • Lafayette County
  • Pettis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia listed first.
    • Green Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
    • La Monte
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sedalia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Spring Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Spring Fork is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Fork
    • Houstonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Saline County
    • Sweet Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Cornelia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cornelia.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cornelia, with the one closest to Cornelia 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 Cornelia had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Leeton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Post Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Post Oak is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Chilhowee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Shawnee Mound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Shawnee Mound is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Mound
  • Henrietta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Warrensburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Centerview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Petersburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersburg is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Norris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Quarles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Quarles is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarles
  • Montserrat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Montserrat is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montserrat
  • Huntingdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Huntingdale is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdale
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Owsley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Owsley is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley
    • Knob Noster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Blairstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Cornelia ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cornelia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cornelia, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cornelia.

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 Cornelia:

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