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 Edgewater Beach (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 Edgewater Beach. 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 Edgewater Beach ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Edgewater Beach: Edgewater Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Edgewater Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgewater Beach.
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 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.
Edgewater Beach is located in Taney 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 Taney County: Boone (AR), Carroll (AR), Marion (AR), Christian, Douglas, Ozark & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Edgewater Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edgewater Beach:
- Taney County (The home county of Edgewater Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Powersite
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Forsyth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirbyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockaway Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Merriam Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Bull Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Hollister
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Kissee Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Taneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taneyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Melva ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Branson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedarcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Shell Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Scholten
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Emerald Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Golden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hill City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Saddlebrooke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Chestnutridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Spokane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mound Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Chadwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Highlandville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bruner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Ozark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Elkhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Red Bank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Smallett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smallett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallett
- Arden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Ozark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Ocie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Longrun
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Longrun is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrun
- Thornfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Thornfield is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornfield
- Theodosia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Theodosia is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Foil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Foil is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foil
- Sundown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sundown is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Isabella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Summit City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Summit City is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Silver Dollar City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Indian Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Branson West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Coney Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Reeds Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kimberling City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blue Eye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lampe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaros
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Ponce de Leon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cape Fair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Lowry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Omaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Diamond City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Myrtle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Lead Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- South Lead Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elixir is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Bergman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Blue Eye
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Denver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Green Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- New Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Conway County (AR)
- Grandview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Marion County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Monarch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Peel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edgewater Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Edgewater Beach.
Cemeteries Near Edgewater Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgewater Beach.
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 Edgewater Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edgewater Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Ozarks Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snapp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forsyth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vanzandt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Casey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Renshaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Branson City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gobbler Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Ellison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whorton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kissee Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Edgewater Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgewater Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Kirbyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forsyth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kissee Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Mincy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mincy is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mincy
- Branson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedarcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Swan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Day
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Eaudevie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eaudevie is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaudevie
- Garrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Omaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edgewater Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edgewater Beach.
Newspapers Published in Edgewater Beach ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgewater Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edgewater Beach, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edgewater Beach.
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 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 Edgewater Beach:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Taney County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Douglas County
- Ozark County
- Stone County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Marion 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 Edgewater Beach, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Edgewater Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |