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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Daggetts Ford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Daggetts Ford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Daggetts Ford, please Contact Us.


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 Daggetts Ford (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 Daggetts Ford. 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 Daggetts Ford ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Daggetts Ford: Daggetts Frd.
  • While the name of this community is Daggetts Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Daggetts Ford may originally have been Daggett's Ford.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Daggetts Ford might be written as Daggett Ford.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Daggetts Ford is historic, it would have been located within present day Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.

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

  • Osage County     (The home county of Daggetts Ford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Koenig
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Koenig is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
    • Freeburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Freeburg is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Byron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Byron is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Argyle is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
    • Linn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Linn is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
    • Koeltztown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Koeltztown is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
    • Westphalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Folk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Folk is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
    • Loose Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Meta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bonnots Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • French Village ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • French Village is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Tebbetts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Mokane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Cedar City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Steedman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • Holts Summit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Portland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • New Bloomfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Taos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Osage City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Saint Thomas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Wardsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Teal is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
    • Jefferson City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
      • Jefferson City has also been known as:
      • Jeff City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <3>
    • Henley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Henley is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
    • Scruggs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Scruggs is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
    • Hickory Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
    • Eugene
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Jake Prairie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
    • Oak Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Argo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Argo is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
    • Cuba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuba is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Boone ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Boone is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Gerald
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Beemont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Beemont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemont
    • Strain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Strain is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
    • Japan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Japan is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japan
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Bland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bland is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <3>
    • Mount Sterling
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Owensville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Redbird
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Redbird is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Bem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bem is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
    • Rosebud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Morrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gasconade
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Maries County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Belle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Paydown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Paydown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
    • Lindell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lindell is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
    • Vienna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanes Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
    • Vichy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Brinktown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Marys Home
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Marys Home is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
    • Iberia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • Bluffton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daggetts Ford, with the one closest to Daggetts Ford listed first.
    • Saint James
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Doolittle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Rolla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rolla is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <3>
    • Rosati
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosati is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
    • Arlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Arlington is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Jerome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jerome is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Newburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Pulaski County
    • Dixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Daggetts Ford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Daggetts Ford.

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 Daggetts Ford - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Breeding Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Branson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Schanning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Koenig Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Green Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Francis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wash Branson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Aeriel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Van Buren Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Van Buren Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (338 more) ...
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • College Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Solid Rock Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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.

While we didn't find Daggetts Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Daggetts Ford.

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

  • Rich Fountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
  • Paydown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Paydown is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
  • Belle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Byron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Byron is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
  • Vienna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lindell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lindell is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
  • Linn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
  • Koeltztown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Koeltztown is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
  • Lanes Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
  • Bland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <3>
  • Westphalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Freedom
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Freedom is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lois
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lois is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
    • Cleavesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cleavesville is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleavesville
    • High Gate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • High Gate is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate

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

Newspapers Published in Daggetts Ford ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Daggetts Ford.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Daggetts Ford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Daggetts Ford.

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 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 Daggetts Ford:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Daggetts Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Daggetts Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.