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 Fountainbleau (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 Fountainbleau. 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 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.
Fountainbleau is located in Andrew 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 Andrew County: Doniphan (KS), Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Fountainbleau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountainbleau:
- Andrew County (The home county of Fountainbleau)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Bolckow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Amazonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Country Club
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Fillmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Starfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Cameron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Mabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Union Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Clarksdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Stewartsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Maysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Osborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- King City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Ford City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Gentryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Alanthus Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- McFall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Forbes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- New Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Oregon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Forest City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mound City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Guilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conception
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arkoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Ravenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Maryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Skidmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Elwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Fanning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Brenner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Moray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Iowa Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Bendena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Doniphan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountainbleau, see our County-by-County Page for Fountainbleau.
Cemeteries Near Fountainbleau ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountainbleau.
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 Fountainbleau - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountainbleau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Bedford Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flag Springs Cumberland Presbyterian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McGlothlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGlothlin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McGlothlin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Wyeth.
- The McGlothlin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowman Cemetery
- McLaughlin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987591 <3>
- Earls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coffman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Savannah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogle Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Empire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Kellogg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Concord Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Fountainbleau in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fountainbleau.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountainbleau, with the one closest to Fountainbleau listed first.
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Flag Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Union Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Whitesville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rosendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
- Dean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cawood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cawood is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Orchid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orchid is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountainbleau. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountainbleau.
Newspapers Published in Fountainbleau ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountainbleau.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountainbleau, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fountainbleau.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Fountainbleau:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Andrew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Doniphan 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fountainbleau) 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 Fountainbleau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |