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 Eton (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 Eton. 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.
Eton is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Eton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eton:
- Jackson County (The home county of Eton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Atherton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- River Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Cement City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Adams
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Buckner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Tapawingo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Levasy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Blue Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leeds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Baldwin Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Belton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loch Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Harrelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Coleman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Riverview Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Strasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Missouri City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Glenaire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Pleasant Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Claycomo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- East Kansas City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Roosterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Lilly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Trimble
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lathrop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Bates City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Mayview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Northmoor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Parkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Weatherby Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Waldron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Platte City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Farley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farley is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Orrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Crystal Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Excelsior Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Westwood Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Mission Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Fairway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Prairie Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Quivira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Lenexa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Bain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <1>
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Kansas City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Argentine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Piper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Bonner Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wallula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eton, see our County-by-County Page for Eton.
Cemeteries Near Eton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eton.
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 Eton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Mann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chiles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Drake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hendrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hudspeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Keller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mound Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Independence.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Independence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32371 <3>
- McQuiddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Liberty.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28659 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Eton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eton, with the one closest to Eton listed first.
- Courtney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Blue Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Atherton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Adams
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Missouri City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Sibley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Mount Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Englewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eton.
Newspapers Published in Eton ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eton, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Eton:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Eton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |