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 Fairfax (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 Fairfax. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fairfax is located in Atchison 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 Atchison County: Fremont (IA), Page (IA), Holt, Nodaway, Nemaha (NE), Otoe (NE) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Fairfax. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairfax:
- Atchison County (The home county of Fairfax)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Tarkio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Port
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Westboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Farmers City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Watson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Andrew County
- Fillmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Craig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bigelow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Maitland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fortescue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- New Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Quitman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Skidmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Graham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Clearmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pickering
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Arkoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Fremont County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- High Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farragut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Payne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Payne is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Page County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Blanchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Northboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Northboro is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Coin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coin is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- College Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Braddyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shambaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Shenandoah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yorktown is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Brown County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Reserve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reserve is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Padonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Padonia is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- White Cloud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Iowa Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Brownville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nemaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <1>
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Howe is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Julian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Julian is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Rohrs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rohrs is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Barada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Arago ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Shubert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rulo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Straussville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Preston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairfax, see our County-by-County Page for Fairfax.
Cemeteries Near Fairfax ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairfax.
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 Fairfax - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairfax covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- English Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Corning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tharp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tarkio Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio Home Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tarkio Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Tarkio.
- The Tarkio Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Home Cemetery
- Tarkio Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29370 <2>
- Parish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walkup Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Guilliams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fairfax had a population of 329 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fairfax had a population of 568 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairfax, with the one closest to Fairfax listed first.
- Milton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Nishnabotna ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nishnabotna is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishnabotna
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Tarkio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dotham ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dotham is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotham
- York ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Rock Port
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Craig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- London ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- London is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Phelps City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Barada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Arago ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Westboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairfax. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfax.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fairfax ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfax.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fairfax. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fairfax and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fairfax.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Fairfax.
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 Fairfax:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Atchison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Fremont County
- Page County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Nemaha County
- Richardson 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 Fairfax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fairfax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |