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 Coy (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 Coy. 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 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.
Coy is located in McDonald 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 McDonald County: Benton (AR), Barry, Newton, Delaware (OK) & Ottawa (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Coy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coy:
- McDonald County (The home county of Coy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tiff City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Lanagan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- May
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Ginger Blue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Noel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Erie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Pineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South West City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wylie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Jane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Wheaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgley is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
- Pioneer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Rex City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- Duquesne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- Iron Gates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Central City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Duenweg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Seneca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Racine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Neosho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Loma Linda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Spring City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Granby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stark City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Redings Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Granby City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Newtonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Sulphur Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gravette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Bella Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwasse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwasse is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
- Gallatin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gallatin is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Decatur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- Centerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bentonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Commonwealth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Baxter Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- South Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Treece
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Treece is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
- Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
- Empire City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Riverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cravensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cravensville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravensville
- Craig County (OK)
- Ketchum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Cayuga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <1>
- Copeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Brush Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Dennis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Jay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jay is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Zena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Bernice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cleora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- New Eucha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Eucha is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
- Mayes County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Disney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Lake Towne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Kellyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Peoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Lincolnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Narcissa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Narcissa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
- Afton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dotyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Miami
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Quapaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coy, see our County-by-County Page for Coy.
Cemeteries Near Coy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coy.
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 Coy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lawhorn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mannings Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Keenon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elliff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peace Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Anderson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317241 <2>
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Williams - Hays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- The Mitchell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mitchell - Shearwood Cemetery
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 in 1895, Coy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coy, with the one closest to Coy listed first.
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tiff City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Splitlog
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- Hart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hart is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saratoga is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Noel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South West City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Crump ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- McElhany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McElhany is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElhany
- Seneca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Round Top ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Round Top is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Sulphur Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beaty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beaty is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coy.
Newspapers Published in Coy ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coy, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Coy:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to McDonald County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Benton County
- Cherokee County
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Mayes 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 Coy, 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 from Point A (ie- Coy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |