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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 Fiddlers Ford (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 Fiddlers Ford. 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 Fiddlers Ford ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Fiddlers Ford: Fiddlers Frd.
- While the name of this community is Fiddlers Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fiddlers Ford may originally have been Fiddler's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fiddlers Ford might be written as Fiddler Ford.
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.
Fiddlers Ford is located in Dade 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 Dade County: Barton, Cedar, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Fiddlers Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fiddlers Ford:
- Dade County (The home county of Fiddlers Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Pilgrim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- South Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Everton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Corry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Lockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Dadeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Bona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Golden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Layneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Bushnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Kenoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lamar Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Irwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Oakton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Umber View Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Jerico Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Stockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Caplinger Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caplinger Mills is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caplinger Mills
- Virgil City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Billings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clever
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Ash Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Walnut Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bois D'Arc
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Battlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Maple Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Avilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- La Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Forest Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Reeds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sarcoxie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Motley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Carytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Stinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Round Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Miller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Heatonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Red Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Halltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stotts City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Hoberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Freistatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Marionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Talmage City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Eudora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Graydon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Aldrich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Wishart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fair Play
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunnegan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunnegan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Humansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Bellamy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Montevallo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fiddlers Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Fiddlers Ford.
Cemeteries Near Fiddlers Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fiddlers Ford.
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 Fiddlers Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fiddlers Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- Friend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Daughtrey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Greenfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970331 <3>
- Merrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wetzel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hopper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pemberton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bowles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Bishop Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fanning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Fiddlers Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fiddlers Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fiddlers Ford, with the one closest to Fiddlers Ford listed first.
- South Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Pilgrim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Everton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Emmett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Corry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Lockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Round Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Dadeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seybert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seybert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seybert
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Meinert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Meinert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinert
- Miller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arcola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fiddlers Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fiddlers Ford.
Newspapers Published in Fiddlers Ford ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fiddlers Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fiddlers Ford, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fiddlers Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fiddlers Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Cedar County
- Christian County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Polk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fiddlers Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fiddlers Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |