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 Cossville (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 Cossville. 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 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.
Cossville is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Cossville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cossville:
- Jasper County (The home county of Cossville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Neck City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Medoc
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Purcell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Carytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oronogo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Asbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Opolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Brooklyn Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Carterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carl Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Oakton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Mindenmines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Kenoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Lamar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Burgess
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Golden City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bushnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Irwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Layneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Dade County
- Lockwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Red Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Dennis Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Silver Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Leawood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Saginaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Redings Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Diamond
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Spring City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Loma Linda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Bellamy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Milo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Moundville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bourbon County (KS)
- Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Lawton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Badger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Crestline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Empire City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- East Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Scammon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Quaker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Opolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Kirkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Pittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Curranville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Klendike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Capaldo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Mulberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Peoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cossville, see our County-by-County Page for Cossville.
Cemeteries Near Cossville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cossville.
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 Cossville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cossville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Bradford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Margrave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gresham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shapley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Georgia City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purcell Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28811 <2>
- Stafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Weaver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ruddick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Cossville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cossville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cossville, with the one closest to Cossville listed first.
- Medoc
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Galesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Alba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Esrom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Oronogo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Opolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Carl Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Webb City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Carterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carthage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mindenmines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cossville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cossville.
Newspapers Published in Cossville ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cossville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cossville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cossville.
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 Cossville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Dade County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Ottawa 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> | 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 Cossville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cossville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |