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 Elmo (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 Elmo. 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 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.
Elmo is located in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Page (IA), Taylor (IA), Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt & Worth.
Below are the counties that are near Elmo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmo:
- Nodaway County (The home county of Elmo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Clearmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burlington Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Hopkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pickering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Skidmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gaynor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Orrsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Arkoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Parnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Westboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Tarkio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Farmers City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Fairfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Port
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Phelps City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Watson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Maitland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Corning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Craig
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bigelow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Worth County
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fremont County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- High Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Farragut
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Imogene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Coburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Villisca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Page County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Braddyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- College Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Shambaugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Coin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coin is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Northboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northboro is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Clarinda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hawleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Shenandoah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Essex
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Siam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Siam is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- New Market
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Ladoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gravity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Guss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guss is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Athelstan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Brownville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmo, see our County-by-County Page for Elmo.
Cemeteries Near Elmo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmo.
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 Elmo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Elmo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Six Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ohio Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Braddyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- London Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Elmo had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Elmo had a population of 148 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
- Clearmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burlington Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roseberry is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Braddyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- College Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- London ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- London is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- York ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Shambaugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Westboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Wilcox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilcox is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coin is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Northboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northboro is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Page Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Page Center is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmo.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Elmo ...
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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmo.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Elmo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Elmo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Elmo.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Elmo.
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 helpful 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 Elmo:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Nodaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Holt County
- Worth County
- Fremont County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Taylor County
- Nemaha 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 Elmo, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |