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 Cunningham (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 Cunningham. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Cunningham is located in Chariton 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 Chariton County: Carroll, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Cunningham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cunningham:
- Chariton County (The home county of Cunningham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Sumner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mendon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Snyder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Rothville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Triplett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Missouri Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Dalton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Keytesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Proctorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Braymer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Breckenridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Hale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Bosworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Tina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Asper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- De Witt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Bogard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Mandeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Wakenda
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Grundy County
- Laredo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Forker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Fountain Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Laclede
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marceline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Linneus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Purdin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bucklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Haseville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Browning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- New Boston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Wheeling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Chillicothe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Chula
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Mooresville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Farmersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Lingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Hart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- New Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kaseyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Miami
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Slater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilliam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cunningham, see our County-by-County Page for Cunningham.
Cemeteries Near Cunningham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cunningham.
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 Cunningham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cunningham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Purvis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cameron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Mendon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Macklin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Winfrey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rothville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fleetwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Cunningham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cunningham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Sumner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Compton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Compton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Compton
- Hale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Mendon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Fountain Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Snyder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Rothville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Meadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Triplett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Laclede
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Asper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Tina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Bosworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cunningham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cunningham.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cunningham ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cunningham.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cunningham. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cunningham and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cunningham.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Cunningham.
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 Cunningham:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Chariton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Grundy County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Macon County
- Saline 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 Cunningham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cunningham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |