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 Elmira Camp (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 Elmira Camp. 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 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 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.
Elmira Camp is located in Ray 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 Ray County: Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson & Lafayette.
Below are the counties that are near Elmira Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmira Camp:
- Ray County (The home county of Elmira Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Elmira
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Lawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Knoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Crystal Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Rayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Richmond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Buchanan County
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Cowgill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Gould Farm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Kidder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braymer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nettleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Proctorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Breckenridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Stet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Mandeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Norborne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Miles Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Holt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Excelsior Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prathersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Kearney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mosby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Chandler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Missouri City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glenaire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Nashua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Converse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lathrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Turney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Lilly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Plattsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cameron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Starfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Trimble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Mabel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Gallatin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Osborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Atherton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Levasy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- River Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Buckner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Cement City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Independence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Ludlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Mooresville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Dawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Edgerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Ferrelview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmira Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Elmira Camp.
Cemeteries Near Elmira Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmira Camp.
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 Elmira Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmira Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zeikle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandals Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sloan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crooked River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Christian Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Wiley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Estes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Elmira Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmira Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmira Camp, with the one closest to Elmira Camp listed first.
- Elmira
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Lawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Converse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vibbard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
- Knoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Mirabile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mirabile is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirabile
- Holt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lathrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Taitsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Taitsville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taitsville
- Excelsior Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Dockery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dockery is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmira Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmira Camp.
Newspapers Published in Elmira Camp ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmira Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmira Camp, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmira Camp.
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 Elmira Camp:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Ray County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Livingston County
- Platte 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 Elmira Camp, 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 from Point A (ie- Elmira Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |