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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 Coulstone (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 Coulstone. 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 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 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.

Coulstone is located in Dent 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 Dent County: Crawford, Iron, Phelps, Reynolds, Shannon & Texas.

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

  • Dent County     (The home county of Coulstone)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coulstone, with the one closest to Coulstone listed first.
    • Darien
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lenox
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Jack
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jadwin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Salem
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Doss
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lecoma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Howes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Howes is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
    • Gila
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sligo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bunker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coulstone, with the one closest to Coulstone listed first.
    • Cook Station
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cook Station is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
    • Wesco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesco is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coulstone, with the one closest to Coulstone listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Winnipeg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coulstone, with the one closest to Coulstone listed first.
    • Beulah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Duke
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Newburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Doolittle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Rolla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Arlington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coulstone, with the one closest to Coulstone listed first.
    • Bloodland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Devils Elbow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Robert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Reynolds County
  • Shannon County
  • Texas County

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

Cemeteries Near Coulstone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coulstone.

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

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

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

  • Paterson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • White Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • White Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kissock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Presser Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Berry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (203 more) ...
    • Robnett Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vancleve Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

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

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

  • Maples
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maples is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Joy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Joy is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Licking
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Montauk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montauk is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
  • Oscar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oscar is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Darien
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hedrick ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hedrick is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
  • Lenox
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lenox is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Sherrill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedargrove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
  • Jadwin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Beulah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Nile
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nile is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
    • Custer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Custer is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Raymondville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Coulstone ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coulstone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coulstone, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coulstone.

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 Coulstone:

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