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 Cosby (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 Cosby. 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.
Cosby is located in Andrew 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 Andrew County: Doniphan (KS), Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Cosby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cosby:
- Andrew County (The home county of Cosby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Country Club
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rosendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Bolckow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Fillmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Easton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saint Joseph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Gower
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Starfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Plattsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Turney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Mabel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Clarksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Union Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Stewartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Winslow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Maysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Osborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Weatherby
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- King City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Ford City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gentryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- McFall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Forbes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- New Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Oregon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Conception
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] 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
- Arkoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Dearborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camden Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Woodruff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Sugar Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Elwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Palermo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Fanning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Doniphan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Bendena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Sparks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Iowa Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cosby, see our County-by-County Page for Cosby.
Cemeteries Near Cosby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cosby.
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 Cosby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cosby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ozenberger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozenberger Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozenberger Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Saint Joseph.
- The Ozenberger Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30714 <3>
- Bowen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vanschoiack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Cosby had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cosby had a population of 123 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cosby, with the one closest to Cosby listed first.
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Clair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- San Antonio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Stockbridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Clarksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Easton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Union Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cosby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cosby.
Newspapers Published in Cosby ...
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 256 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cosby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cosby, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cosby.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Cosby:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Andrew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Doniphan 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 '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- Cosby) 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 Cosby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |