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 Evergreen (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 Evergreen. 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 Evergreen ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Evergreen has also been known as: Evergreen village.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Evergreen. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Evergreen.
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.
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 and hospitals 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.
Evergreen is located in Laclede 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 Laclede County: Camden, Dallas, Pulaski, Texas, Webster & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Evergreen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evergreen:
- Laclede County (The home county of Evergreen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Twin Bridges
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Pease
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Brush Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Competition
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Phillipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Falcon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Abo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Conway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sleeper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Winnipeg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Stoutland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Decaturville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Montreal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Long Lane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Windyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windyville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
- Charity ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Celt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Celt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
- Leadmine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Laquey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bloodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Waynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swedeborg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Saint Robert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Plato
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Huggins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Bendavis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bendavis is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
- Success
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Rader
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Niangua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Marshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Conklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Crown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Diggins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Grovespring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Saint George
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Odin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Astoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Green Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Hartville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evergreen, see our County-by-County Page for Evergreen.
Cemeteries Near Evergreen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evergreen.
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 Evergreen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evergreen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Sharpe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dupue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Oak Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hough Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Amos Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whitson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bohanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Evergreen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evergreen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Orla
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orla is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orla
- Russ
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Russ is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russ
- Pease
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Brush Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Rader
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grovespring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Competition
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Drynob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drynob is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drynob
- Phillipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Conway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Abo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Saint George
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Nebo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evergreen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evergreen.
Newspapers Published in Evergreen ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evergreen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evergreen, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evergreen.
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 helpful 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 Evergreen:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Laclede County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dallas County
- Pulaski County
- Texas County
- Webster 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Evergreen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Evergreen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |