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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 Corry (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 Corry. 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 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 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.

Corry is located in Dade 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 Dade County: Barton, Cedar, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence & Polk.

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

  • Dade County     (The home county of Corry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Dadeville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Glen Town is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
    • Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcola is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
    • Pilgrim
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Everton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • South Greenfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Lockwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lockwood is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Barton County
  • Cedar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Umber View Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Stockton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jerico Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Caplinger Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Willowville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Virgil City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Virgil City is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
    • Lebeck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • El Dorado Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Christian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Republic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Billings
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Greene County
  • Hickory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Weaubleau
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Elkton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Maple Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Avilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • La Russell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawrence County
  • Polk County
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corry, with the one closest to Corry listed first.
    • Cobb
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Collins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Vernon County

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

Cemeteries Near Corry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corry.

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

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

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

  • Rose Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Friend Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pemberton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Devine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Fanning Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Young Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bald Mound Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Asbell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fullington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (249 more) ...
    • Buchanan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Morris Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Corry had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Dadeville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Seybert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Seybert is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seybert
  • Cane Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cane Hill is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Hill
  • Greenfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pilgrim
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Arcola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arcola is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • South Greenfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Everton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Aldrich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmett ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Emmett is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Walnut Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckley ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Buckley is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Orleans ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Orleans is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Turnback ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Turnback is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
    • Phenix ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Corry ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corry, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Corry.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Corry:

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>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 Corry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Corry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.