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 Evening Shade (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 Evening Shade. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Evening Shade is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Evening Shade. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evening Shade:
- Texas County (The home county of Evening Shade)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Roby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Plato
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Success
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sherrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Licking
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Huggins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Bucyrus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bendavis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bendavis is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
- Mineral Springs City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raymondville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Camden County
- Stoutland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Coulstone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Lenox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Lecoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Lake Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Darien
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Winnipeg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Lynchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Falcon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Competition
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Abo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Twin Bridges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Sleeper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Pease
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Duke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Beulah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Edgar Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Newburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Doolittle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Bloodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Laquey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Saint Robert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Devils Elbow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Crocker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Astoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Graff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Green Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Saint George
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Grovespring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evening Shade, see our County-by-County Page for Evening Shade.
Cemeteries Near Evening Shade ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evening Shade.
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 Evening Shade - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evening Shade covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Merrill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Omalley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCann Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trout Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloodland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Winnipeg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Craddock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Watts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Evening Shade in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evening Shade.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evening Shade, with the one closest to Evening Shade listed first.
- Roby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Plato
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cookville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cookville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Big Piney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
- Turley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Turley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Success
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blooming Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
- Roubidoux
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roubidoux is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubidoux
- Nebo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Ellis Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis Prairie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Prairie
- Beulah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Venable
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Venable is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable
- Sherrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evening Shade. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evening Shade.
Newspapers Published in Evening Shade ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evening Shade.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evening Shade, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evening Shade.
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 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 Evening Shade:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Texas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dent County
- Laclede County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Wright 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 Evening Shade, 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- Evening Shade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |