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 Elliff (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 Elliff. 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 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.
Elliff is located in McDonald 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 McDonald County: Benton (AR), Barry, Newton, Delaware (OK) & Ottawa (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Elliff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elliff:
- McDonald County (The home county of Elliff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Goodman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Erie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- May
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Lanagan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wylie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Ginger Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tiff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Noel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Powell is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Wheaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgley is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
- Pioneer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Washburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Exeter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Butterfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Purdy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seligman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seligman is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Rex City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- Duquesne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- Duenweg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Joplin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Iron Gates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Fidelity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Joplin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Joplin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Central City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Oakland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Parshley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Motley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Lawrence County
- Pierce City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Neosho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boulder City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Seneca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Racine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Stark City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Granby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newtonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Granby City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Spring City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bella Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gravette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hiwasse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hiwasse is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
- Gallatin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gallatin is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Centerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pea Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Commonwealth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- South Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Baxter Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Empire City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Riverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Treece
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Treece is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
- Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Cayuga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Dodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <1>
- Copeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Sycamore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Brush Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Dennis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Jay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jay is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Zena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cleora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Kellyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ottawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Fairland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miami
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Dotyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Narcissa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Narcissa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elliff, see our County-by-County Page for Elliff.
Cemeteries Near Elliff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elliff.
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 Elliff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elliff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- The Mitchell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mitchell - Shearwood Cemetery
- Peace Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Anderson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317241 <2>
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elliff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jennings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawhorn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Pineville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Regan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Elliff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elliff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elliff, with the one closest to Elliff listed first.
- Splitlog
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- Anderson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Erie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Coy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coy is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- McElhany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McElhany is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElhany
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hart is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Tiff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Bethpage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethpage is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Christopher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
- Noel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cyclone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cyclone is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Belfast
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Saratoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Jane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elliff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elliff.
Newspapers Published in Elliff ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elliff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elliff, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elliff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Elliff:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to McDonald County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Benton County
- Cherokee County
- Delaware County
- Ottawa 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 Elliff, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |