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 Doyle (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 Doyle. 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 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.
Doyle is located in Ripley 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 Ripley County: Clay (AR), Randolph (AR), Butler, Carter & Oregon.
Below are the counties that are near Doyle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doyle:
- Ripley County (The home county of Doyle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Briar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briar is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
- Ponder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Current View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Gatewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gatewood is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Oxly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Bardley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bardley is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
- Gamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Fairdealing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Naylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Neelyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harviell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kelly Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Grandin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grandin is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Ellsinore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chicopee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Van Buren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Oregon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Calm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Calm is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
- Myrtle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Myrtle is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Couch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jeff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jeff is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Corona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Woodside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodside is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Current View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Success
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Datto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Moark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knobel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Peach Orchard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- McDougal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Greene County (AR)
- Delaplaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Randolph County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Middlebrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Supply
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
- Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Maynard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Ingram
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ingram is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Ingram has also been known as:
- Gooberhull
- Spikes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spikes is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikes
- Antioch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Elm Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Store is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
- Hamil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamil is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamil
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Dalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Spring Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Brockett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brockett is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockett
- Sharp County (AR)
- Wirth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wirth is located in Sharp County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doyle, see our County-by-County Page for Doyle.
Cemeteries Near Doyle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doyle.
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 Doyle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doyle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plunk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gartman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kennon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Ponder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ponder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Worley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mizell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Doyle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doyle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doyle, with the one closest to Doyle listed first.
- Ponder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Poynor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poynor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynor
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tucker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Supply
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
- Middlebrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Bennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Gatewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gatewood is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Maynard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Griswold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ingram
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ingram is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Ingram has also been known as:
- Gooberhull
- Gamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Elm Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Store is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doyle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doyle.
Newspapers Published in Doyle ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doyle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doyle, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doyle.
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 either 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 Doyle:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Ripley County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Carter County
- Oregon County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Randolph County
- Sharp 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 Doyle, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doyle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |