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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 Excello (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 Excello. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Excello is located in Macon 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 Macon County: Adair, Chariton, Knox, Linn, Monroe, Randolph, Shelby & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Excello. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Excello:

  • Macon County     (The home county of Excello)
  • Adair County
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.
    • Tulip
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saling ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Larrabee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
  • Boone County
    • Sturgeon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.
    • Salisbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chraneville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Chraneville is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
    • Keytesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oil City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oil City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Knox County
    • Novelty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.
    • Bucklin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Marceline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • New Boston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Boston is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
  • Monroe County
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cairo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Darksville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomas Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Moberly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Clifton Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Renick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Renick is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Higbee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Yates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Clark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Clark is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Shelby County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Excello, see our County-by-County Page for Excello.

Cemeteries Near Excello ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Excello.

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 Excello - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Excello covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.

  • Colter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Barnhart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridings Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...
    • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dean Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • St. Charles Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Excello had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Excello, with the one closest to Excello listed first.

  • Chariton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chariton is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chariton
  • Jacksonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
  • Ardmore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cox is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • College Mound
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • College Mound is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
  • Levick Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Levick Mill is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levick Mill
  • Woodville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Macon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Darksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cairo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bevier
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Anabel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Anabel is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
    • Barryville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Barryville is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barryville
    • Kaseyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Excello. See our List of 1890's Communities around Excello.

Newspapers Published in Excello ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Excello.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Excello, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Excello.

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 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 Excello:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Excello) 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 Excello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.