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Introduction ...

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

We've added Danforth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Danforth, 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 Danforth (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 Danforth. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Danforth is historic, it would have been located within present day Adair 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 Adair County: Knox, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby & Sullivan.

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

  • Adair County     (The home county of Danforth)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danforth, with the one closest to Danforth listed first.
    • Hurdland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hurdland is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Kenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Baring
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Greensburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Edina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danforth, with the one closest to Danforth listed first.
    • New Boston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • New Boston is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Browning
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Purdin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Purdin is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
  • Macon County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danforth, with the one closest to Danforth listed first.
    • Worthington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Livonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Livonia is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Unionville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendota
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Pearl City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pearl City is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danforth, with the one closest to Danforth listed first.
    • Greentop
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Queen City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Julesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clifton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Glenwood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Lancaster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Coatsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Coatsville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
    • Downing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Downing is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Scotland County
  • Sullivan County
  • Appanoose County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danforth, with the one closest to Danforth listed first.
    • Coal City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Coal City is located in Appanoose County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
    • Cincinnati
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Exline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Exline is located in Appanoose County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Moulton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Davis County (IA)
    • Savannah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Savannah is located in Davis County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah

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

Cemeteries Near Danforth ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danforth.

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 Danforth - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.

Danforth itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Novinger
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Novinger is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Stahl ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stahl is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stahl
  • Shibleys Point ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shibleys Point is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shibleys Point
  • Greencastle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Kirksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sidney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidney is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sublette ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sublette is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Sticklerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Loeffler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Loeffler is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeffler
  • Lindersville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lindersville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindersville
  • Nind ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greentop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Green City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Green City is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Martinstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Martinstown is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
    • Millard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Danforth ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danforth.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danforth, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danforth.

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 Danforth:

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 Danforth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Danforth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.