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 Freedom (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 Freedom. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Freedom is located in Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Freedom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom:
- Osage County (The home county of Freedom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Byron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Koenig
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Linn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Loose Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chamois
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Freeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Westphalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Argyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Koeltztown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Portland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mokane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steedman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Tebbetts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Holts Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mykee Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- New Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Osage City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Wardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Jefferson City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Saint Thomas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Jake Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Oak Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Argo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Argo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Beemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beemont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemont
- Gerald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kohl City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kohl City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohl City
- Detmold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Detmold is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detmold
- Dissen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dissen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dissen
- Kiel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Berger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boone ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Champion City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Champion City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion City
- Strain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Leslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leslie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Etlah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Etlah is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etlah
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Bland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Owensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gasconade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Rosebud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Little Berger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Redbird
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Hermann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Belle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paydown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Lanes Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Lindell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Vienna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vichy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Starkenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Rhineland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Americus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- McKittrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Warren County
- Treloar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom.
Cemeteries Near Freedom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom.
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 Freedom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lambeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kidd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Phelps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leach Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bumper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Butte Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cox - Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Schneider Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Mt. Sterling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pointers Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bueker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Freedom had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Mint Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mint Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Aud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aud is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aud
- Byron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Linn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fredericksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Luystown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luystown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
- Rich Fountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
- Bland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Canaan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Drake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Drake is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Frankenstein
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frankenstein is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
- Owensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swiss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swiss is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom.
Newspapers Published in Freedom ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Freedom:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Osage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Callaway County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Montgomery County
- Warren 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 Freedom, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Freedom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |