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 Fowkes (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 Fowkes. 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.
Fowkes is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Audrain, Macon, Marion, Ralls, Randolph & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Fowkes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fowkes:
- Monroe County (The home county of Fowkes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holliday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Goss
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- North Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Stoutsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duncans Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Middle Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Tulip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Saling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Larrabee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mexico
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rush Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Laddonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Farber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farber is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Centralia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sturgeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Riggs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Anabel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anabel is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
- Excello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ardmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardmore is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- Philadelphia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Ralls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Greenlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- The Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Madisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Cairo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moberly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Renick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Higbee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Darksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Yates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Shelbina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakenan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Lentner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Hunnewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Kendall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Clarence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Emden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fowkes, see our County-by-County Page for Fowkes.
Cemeteries Near Fowkes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fowkes.
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 Fowkes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fowkes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Curtright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boomer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atterberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Swindell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Fowkes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fowkes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fowkes, with the one closest to Fowkes listed first.
- Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holliday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Goss
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Tulip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Rowena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rowena is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
- Strother
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Strother is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strother
- North Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Middle Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Saling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Stoutsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fowkes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fowkes.
Newspapers Published in Fowkes ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fowkes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fowkes, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fowkes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Fowkes:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Fowkes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fowkes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |