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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Enterprise. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Enterprise to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Enterprise, 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 Enterprise (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 Enterprise. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Enterprise is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Enterprise. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Enterprise:
- McDonald County (The home county of Enterprise)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Tiff City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- May
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lanagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South West City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ginger Blue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Goodman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Pineville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wylie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Jane
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Iron Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Rex City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- 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
- Duquesne
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Joplin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Joplin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- East Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Duenweg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Seneca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Racine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Neosho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Loma Linda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Boulder City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Spring City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Stella
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cliff Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Redings Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Granby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Sulphur Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Gravette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Gallatin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gallatin is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Hiwasse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwasse is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
- Bella Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cherokee City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- Gentry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Centerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Commonwealth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Baxter Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Treece
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Treece is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
- Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
- East Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Empire City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Riverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cravensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cravensville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravensville
- Keelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Craig County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Ketchum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluejacket
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Welch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vinita
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Cayuga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Dodge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Copeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Dennis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Jay
(19 miles [30.6 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 <2>
- Brush Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Cleora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- New Eucha
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Eucha is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
- Mayes County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Grand Lake Towne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Disney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Langley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Kellyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Narcissa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Narcissa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
- Afton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Miami
(20 miles [32.2 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 <2>
- Dotyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Quapaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Miami
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Enterprise, see our County-by-County Page for Enterprise.
Cemeteries Near Enterprise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Enterprise.
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 Enterprise - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Enterprise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Mannings Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Keenon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Langley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cayuga Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Grove (OK).
- The Cayuga Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cayuga Mission Church Cemetery
- Cayuga Splitlog Mission Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #487855 <4>
- Pollan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williams - Hays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rinehart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Lawhorn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fields Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fields Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Grove (OK).
- The Fields Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ezekiel Fields Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98431 <4>
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.
While we didn't find Enterprise in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Enterprise.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
- Tiff City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Coy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coy is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Hart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hart is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Splitlog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- Saratoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saratoga is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South West City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Noel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crump ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crump is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Round Top ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Round Top is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Pineville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Erie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- McElhany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McElhany is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElhany
- Beaty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beaty is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Enterprise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Enterprise.
Newspapers Published in Enterprise ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Enterprise.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Enterprise, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Enterprise.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Enterprise:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to McDonald County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Benton County
- Cherokee County
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Mayes County
- Ottawa 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 Enterprise, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Enterprise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |