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 Crocker (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 Crocker. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Crocker is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Crocker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crocker:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Crocker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Swedeborg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Hawkeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waynesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Robert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laquey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Devils Elbow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Stoutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montreal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Osage Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Linn Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Damsel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Damsel is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
- Shawnee Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Bend is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Bend
- Camdenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Ozark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Linn Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Old Linn Creek is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Linn Creek
- Four Seasons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,309 people
- Four Seasons has also been known as:
- Village of Four Seasons
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Henley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Teal ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Eugene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Thomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Abo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Sleeper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Winnipeg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Falcon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Eldridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Brinktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Vienna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lindell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Iberia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brumley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ulman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elizabeth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kaiser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscumbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Bagnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
- Etterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Meta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Koeltztown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Doolittle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Newburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Duke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Rolla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edgar Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Plato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crocker, see our County-by-County Page for Crocker.
Cemeteries Near Crocker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crocker.
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 Crocker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crocker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Schlight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Teeple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Decker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swede Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (240 more) ...
- Vaughn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turpin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Miles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Crocker had a population of 250 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Crocker had a population of 1,031 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crocker, with the one closest to Crocker listed first.
- Swedeborg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Hawkeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glaize ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaize
- Franks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Clementine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clementine is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Toronto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Toronto is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Wet Glaize
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wet Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wet Glaize
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Brumley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crocker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crocker.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Crocker ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crocker.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Crocker. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Crocker and those printed in the larger area surrounding Crocker.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Crocker.
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 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 Crocker:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Cole County
- Laclede County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Osage County
- Phelps County
- Texas 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 Crocker, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crocker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |