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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 Excelsior Springs Junction (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 Excelsior Springs Junction. 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 Excelsior Springs Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Excelsior Springs Junction: Excelsior Spgs. Jct. (or less commonly used: Excelsior Spgs. Jctn.)
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 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.
Excelsior Springs Junction is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Excelsior Springs Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Excelsior Springs Junction:
- Clay County (The home county of Excelsior Springs Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Missouri City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prathersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mosby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Excelsior Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chandler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kearney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Roosterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Pleasant Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Polo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Miles Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Stet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Norborne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Converse
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Sibley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- River Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Adams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Cement City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Independence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Blue Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Tapawingo
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Napoleon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bates City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Page City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Higginsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Northmoor
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Lake Waukomis
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Platte Woods
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Ferrelview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Parkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Ridgely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Platte City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Fleming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Excelsior Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Camden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rayville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Henrietta
(16 miles [25.7 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 Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Mission Woods
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Westwood Hills
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Fairway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Kansas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Argentine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Excelsior Springs Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Excelsior Springs Junction.
Cemeteries Near Excelsior Springs Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Excelsior Springs Junction.
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 Excelsior Springs Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Excelsior Springs Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dillen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buxton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sibley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riffe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- George Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Cameron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Excelsior Springs Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Excelsior Springs Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Excelsior Springs Junction, with the one closest to Excelsior Springs Junction listed first.
- Missouri City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Atherton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prathersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Blue Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Orrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Floyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Excelsior Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Chandler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Courtney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Levasy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fleming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Excelsior Springs Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Excelsior Springs Junction.
Newspapers Published in Excelsior Springs Junction ...
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 210 newspapers that have been published in the area around Excelsior Springs Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Excelsior Springs Junction, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Excelsior Springs Junction.
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 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 Excelsior Springs Junction:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Excelsior Springs Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Excelsior Springs Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |