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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 Eminence (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 Eminence. 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 Eminence ...

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.

In past government published Postal Guides, Eminence was referred to as Eminence Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eminence. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eminence.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 hospitals and 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.

Eminence is located in Shannon County and is the County Seat.

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 Shannon County: Carter, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Reynolds & Texas.

Below are the counties that are near Eminence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eminence:

  • Shannon County     (The home county of Eminence)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Alley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Round Spring
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Winona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Birch Tree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Montier
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Montier is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
    • Akers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Fremont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fremont is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Van Buren
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chicopee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chicopee is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Gila
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Gila is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
    • Bunker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jadwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Darien
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Doss
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
  • Howell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Mountain View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peace Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peace Valley is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
  • Oregon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Thomasville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Woodside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Woodside is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Reynolds County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Fruit City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
    • Ellington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Corridon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Corridon is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
    • Reynolds
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Bee Fork
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
    • Greeley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
    • Redford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Redford is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.
    • Summersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hartshorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Hattie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hattie is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
    • Eunice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Raymondville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eminence, see our County-by-County Page for Eminence.

Cemeteries Near Eminence ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eminence.

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 Eminence - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eminence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.

  • Chilton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • New Eminence Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Culpepper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Delaware Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rader Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grassy Hollow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bunch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lower Grassy Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dyer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Black Pond Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...
    • Williams Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Summer Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Lawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Eminence had a population of 180 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Eminence had a population of 581 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eminence, with the one closest to Eminence listed first.

  • Alley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Shawnee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shawnee is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Round Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Bartlett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bartlett is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
  • Winona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Ink
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ink is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
  • Birch Tree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Low Wassie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Low Wassie is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Wassie
  • Oakside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Oakside is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakside
  • Montier
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Summersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Akers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hartshorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Sinkin ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sinkin is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkin
    • Brawley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Brawley is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brawley

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eminence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eminence.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eminence ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eminence.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eminence. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eminence and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eminence.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Eminence.

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 Eminence:

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 Eminence, 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' (or 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- Eminence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.