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 Crescent Lake (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 Crescent Lake. 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.
Name Variations for Crescent Lake ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Crescent Lake: Crescent Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Crescent Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crescent Lake.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Crescent Lake is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Crescent Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crescent Lake:
- Clay County (The home county of Crescent Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Excelsior Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Prathersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mosby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Missouri City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Holt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenaire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Pleasant Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Polo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Braymer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Stet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Miles Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Norborne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Cass County
- Lee's Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Converse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Starfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- Osborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Atherton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- River Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Buckner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Cement City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Adams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Blue Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Napoleon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bates City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mayview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Page City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Northmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Houston Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Ferrelview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Lake Waukomis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Edgerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Camden Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Platte City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Crystal Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Excelsior Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Lawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Fleming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Knoxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Westwood Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Mission Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Kansas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crescent Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Crescent Lake.
Cemeteries Near Crescent Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crescent Lake.
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 Crescent Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crescent Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Crescent Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crescent Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crescent Lake, with the one closest to Crescent Lake listed first.
- Prathersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Excelsior Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Missouri City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vibbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
- Chandler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Kearney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Atherton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Blue Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crescent Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crescent Lake.
Newspapers Published in Crescent Lake ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crescent Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crescent Lake, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crescent Lake.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Crescent Lake:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 Crescent Lake, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crescent Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |