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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 Fenwick (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 Fenwick. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Fenwick is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Cass, Henry, Jackson, Lafayette, Pettis & Saline.

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

  • Johnson County     (The home county of Fenwick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • La Tour
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • La Tour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
    • Latour
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Latour is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
    • Kingsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Holden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Quick City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Quick City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
    • Centerview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Chilhowee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Columbus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbus is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Greendoor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Greendoor is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
    • Cornelia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cornelia is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
    • Warrensburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Leeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Leeton is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
    • Henrietta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Henrietta is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Bates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Mayesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mayesburg is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayesburg
    • Adrian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Burdett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burdett is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
    • Passaic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Passaic is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Drexel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Gunn City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Gunn City is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • East Lynne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Strasburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldwin Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Pleasant Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Creighton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Harrisonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Austin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Austin is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Coleman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Coleman is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Lake Winnebago
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
    • Archie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Peculiar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Blairstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blairstown is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
    • Urich
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Norris
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Norris is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
    • Maurine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Maurine is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurine
    • Hartwell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • La Due
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
    • Bowen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bowen is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
    • Montrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Calhoun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Calhoun is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Lone Jack
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hicks City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hicks City is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
    • Cockrell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cockrell is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
    • Greenwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sni Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
    • Lake Lotawana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grain Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Unity Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Unity Village is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Blue Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Belvidere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Grandview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Tapawingo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Lake Lafayette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Bates City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Odessa is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,295 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <1>
    • Mayview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson County (KS)
    • Stilwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
  • Miami County (KS)
    • Wea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea

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

Cemeteries Near Fenwick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fenwick.

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

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

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

  • Hornsby Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gunn City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Duncan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Buckley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Medford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kingsville Consolidated Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Staley Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pemberton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Holden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Strasburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (208 more) ...
    • Clearfork Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

While we didn't find Fenwick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fenwick.

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

  • Latour
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Latour is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
  • Gunn City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gunn City is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Kingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Holden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • East Lynne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Quick City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Quick City is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
  • Strasburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Daugherty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Daugherty is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty
  • Blairstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blairstown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
  • Pleasant Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Creighton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fulkerson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Fulkerson is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulkerson
    • Gowdy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Gowdy is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
    • Ore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ore is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore

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

Newspapers Published in Fenwick ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fenwick.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fenwick, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fenwick.

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 Fenwick:

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 Fenwick, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fenwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.