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 Deep 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 Deep 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 Deep 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Deep Ford: Deep Frd.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deep Ford. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deep 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Deep Ford is located in Dent 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 Dent County: Crawford, Iron, Phelps, Reynolds, Shannon & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Deep Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deep Ford:
- Dent County (The home county of Deep Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Howes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lecoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Jack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Lenox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Doss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Darien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Sligo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Jadwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Coulstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Boss
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Cook Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Wesco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wesco is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Cherryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dillard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dillard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Steelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Davisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Midland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Sankey ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sankey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
- Elaver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elaver is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaver
- Czar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Czar is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Viburnum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bixby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maries County
- Vichy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Edgar Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beulah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Rolla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Duke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Doolittle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Rosati
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Devils Elbow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bloodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Saint Robert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reynolds County
- Greeley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Shannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Akers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Round Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Sherrill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Licking
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Raymondville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartshorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Mineral Springs City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deep Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Deep Ford.
Cemeteries Near Deep Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deep 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 Deep Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deep Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Plank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tune Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edgar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Togleson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gregory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Round Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnes Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27474 <3>
- Carty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Inman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Deep Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deep Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deep Ford, with the one closest to Deep Ford listed first.
- Hedrick ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hedrick is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Howes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Condray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Condray is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condray
- Anutt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Anutt is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anutt
- Lake Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lenox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Boscobel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boscobel is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Lecoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Doss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Maples
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Darien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Custer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Cook Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Joy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Joy is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deep Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deep Ford.
Newspapers Published in Deep 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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deep Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deep Ford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deep 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 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 Deep Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iron County
- Maries County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Shannon 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> | 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- Deep Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Deep Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |