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 Effingham (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 Effingham. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Effingham is located in Gentry 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 Gentry County: Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison, Nodaway & Worth.
Below are the counties that are near Effingham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Effingham:
- Gentry County (The home county of Effingham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McFall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Gentryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Siloam Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Gentry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Ford City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alanthus Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- King City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Bolckow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Caldwell County
- Kidder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Pattonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Jameson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Winston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Gallatin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Jamesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Fairport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Santa Rosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Weatherby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Union Star
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Clarksdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Grundy County
- Brimson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- New Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gardner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilman City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Eagleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blythedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mount Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Cainsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ravenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Parnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Orrsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Arkoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Barnard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gaynor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Denver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Prohibition City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Worth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Allendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Irena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold County (IA)
- Redding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Taylor County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Athelstan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Blockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Effingham, see our County-by-County Page for Effingham.
Cemeteries Near Effingham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Effingham.
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 Effingham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Effingham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Ernst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst Cemetery
- The Ernst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ernst / Quigley Cemetery
- Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery
- The Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Culp Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
- Shull Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brushy Cemetery
- Mt. Zion East Cemetery
- Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bulla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albany City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandville / Hardin / Kurtright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gribble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery
- The Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fore Cemetery
- Old Friendship Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Albany.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28978 <2>
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- West Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Grandview Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Albany.
- The West Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28978 <2>
- Sloan / Boatwright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan / Boatwright Cemetery
- The Sloan / Boatwright Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boatwright Cemetery
- Sloan Cemetery
- Gentryville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gentryville Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Gentryville.
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.<3>
While we didn't find Effingham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Effingham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Effingham, with the one closest to Effingham listed first.
- Whitten
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Whitten is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
- Evona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evona is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Matkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Matkins is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkins
- New Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Gentryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- McFall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- McCurry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCurry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurry
- Ellenorah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ellenorah is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenorah
- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Voyage ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Pattonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Effingham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Effingham.
Newspapers Published in Effingham ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Effingham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Effingham, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Effingham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Effingham:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Gentry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Caldwell County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Nodaway County
- Worth County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Effingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Effingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |