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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dryden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dryden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dryden, 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 Dryden (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 Dryden. 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 hospitals 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 Dryden is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Dryden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dryden:
- Ripley County (The home county of Dryden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Oxly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Fairdealing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Naylor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Current View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Briar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Briar is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
- Bennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Ponder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Bardley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bardley is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
- Gatewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gatewood is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Harviell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neelyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oglesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Broseley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Qulin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Rombauer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Fagus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Fisk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Grandin
(11 miles [17.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chicopee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Van Buren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Oregon County
- Calm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Calm is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Williamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Dees Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dees Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees Town
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Current View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Success
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Moark
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Datto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Corning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knobel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- McDougal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Peach Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Randolph County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Middlebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Maynard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Supply
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
- Warm Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Reyno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Biggers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ingram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingram is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Ingram has also been known as:
- Gooberhull
- Spikes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spikes is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikes
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Antioch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Brockett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brockett is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockett
- Attica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Attica is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dryden, see our County-by-County Page for Dryden.
Cemeteries Near Dryden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dryden.
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 Dryden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dryden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Bradley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McCluskey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Benedicts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McGee - Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Emmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Worley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Dryden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dryden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Gamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Fairdealing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Belcher ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belcher is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Grandin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grandin is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Halloran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halloran is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloran
- Roxie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roxie is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie
- Poynor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poynor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynor
- Bennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Ponder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Palatka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Palatka is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hunter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Neelyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harviell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dryden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dryden.
Newspapers Published in Dryden ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dryden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dryden, 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 Dryden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Dryden:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Ripley County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Carter County
- Oregon County
- Wayne County
- Clay County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Dryden, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dryden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |