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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Emmett. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Emmett to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emmett, please Contact Us.
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 Emmett (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 Emmett. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Emmett is historic, it would have been located within present day Dade 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 Dade County: Barton, Cedar, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Emmett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emmett:
- Dade County (The home county of Emmett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Everton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Dadeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Corry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Glen Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Lockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Arcola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Golden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Layneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Bushnell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Kenoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Umber View Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jerico Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Billings
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Republic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clever
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nixa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <2>
- Cassidy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Ash Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Battlefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Langston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Sequiota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Mumford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Fair Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- La Russell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Maple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Avilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Stinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Halltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heatonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Miller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Mount Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Red Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Marionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stotts City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freistatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Verona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Graydon Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Eudora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Aldrich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Morrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Brighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Tin Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Dunnegan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dunnegan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
- Halfway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Bradfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Union City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Hurley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emmett, see our County-by-County Page for Emmett.
Cemeteries Near Emmett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emmett.
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 Emmett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emmett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunkle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lumbleys Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumbleys Grave
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lumbleys Grave is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the northeast of Miller.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159064 <3>
- Buchanan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johns Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leeper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hitchcock Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.
Emmett itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emmett, with the one closest to Emmett listed first.
- Everton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ash Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Pilgrim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Harold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harold is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paris Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paris Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Springs
- Halltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bois D'Arc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Buckley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spencer is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emmett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emmett.
Newspapers Published in Emmett ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emmett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emmett, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emmett.
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 Emmett:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Cedar County
- Christian County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Emmett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Emmett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |