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 Duke (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 Duke. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Duke is located in Phelps 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 Phelps County: Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Pulaski & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Duke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Duke:
- Phelps County (The home county of Duke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Beulah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Edgar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Newburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Doolittle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Rolla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Camden County
- Stoutland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Lenox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Lecoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Coulstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Lake Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Jack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Darien
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jadwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Howes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Doss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Winnipeg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Lynchburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Falcon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Competition
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Bloodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Devils Elbow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Robert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laquey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crocker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Roby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Licking
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Success
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plato
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Raymondville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huggins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Bendavis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bendavis is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Astoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Graff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Green Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Saint George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Duke, see our County-by-County Page for Duke.
Cemeteries Near Duke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Duke.
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 Duke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Duke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Trout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Watts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Omalley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Craddock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Duke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Duke.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Duke, with the one closest to Duke listed first.
- Blooming Rose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
- Big Piney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
- Beulah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Spring Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Edgar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Cookville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cookville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Roby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Licking
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maples
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Lenox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Yancy Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yancy Mills is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy Mills
- Clementine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clementine is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Plato
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Duke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Duke.
Newspapers Published in Duke ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Duke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Duke, 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 Duke.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Duke:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Phelps County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dent County
- Laclede County
- Pulaski County
- Texas County
- Wright 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 Duke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Duke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |