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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gaines Ford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gaines Ford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gaines Ford, please Contact Us.
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 Gaines 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 Gaines 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 Gaines 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 have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Gaines Ford: Gaines Frd.
- While the name of this community is Gaines Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Gaines Ford may originally have been Gaine's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gaines Ford might be written as Gaine 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gaines Ford is historic, it would have been located within present day Maries County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Maries County: Gasconade, Miller, Osage, Phelps & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Gaines Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gaines Ford:
- Maries County (The home county of Gaines Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Vichy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Vienna is located in Maries County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <4>
- Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Brinktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Paydown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Lanes Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Belle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
- Belle is located in Maries County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,489 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <4>
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Saint Thomas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Henley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Jake Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Cuba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Wesco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Steelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelville
- Steelville is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,636 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steelville <4>
- Cook Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Lecoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Lake Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Lenox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Redbird
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Bland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Bland is located in Gasconade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
- Bem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Owensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owensville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- Owensville is located in Gasconade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owensville <4>
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Iberia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iberia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Iberia is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iberia <4>
- Saint Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elizabeth
- Saint Elizabeth is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Elizabeth <4>
- Marys Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Ulman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulman
- Ulman is located in Miller County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ulman <4>
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Freeburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Argyle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Koeltztown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Koenig
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Byron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Meta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meta
- Meta is located in Osage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meta <4>
- Westphalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westphalia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Westphalia is located in Osage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westphalia <4>
- Folk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Linn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Linn is located in Osage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Doolittle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Rolla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Rolla is located in Phelps County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <4>
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Saint James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint James have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Saint James is located in Phelps County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint James <4>
- Rosati
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Edgar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Springs
- Edgar Springs is located in Phelps County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgar Springs <4>
- Duke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Beulah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Dixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Dixon is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <4>
- Devils Elbow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Elbow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- Devils Elbow is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devils Elbow <4>
- Saint Robert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Robert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Robert
- Saint Robert is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Robert <4>
- Crocker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crocker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
- Crocker is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,031 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crocker <4>
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Waynesville is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,308 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesville <4>
- Swedeborg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Hawkeye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Bloodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Laquey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <4>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gaines Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Gaines Ford.
Newspapers Published in Gaines 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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gaines Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gaines Ford, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gaines Ford.
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 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 Gaines Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Maries County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cole County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dent County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Gasconade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Miller County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Osage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Phelps County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pulaski County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cole County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Maries County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Maries County
Cemeteries Near Gaines Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gaines 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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gaines Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Honse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honse Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Maxwell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
- Balance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Balance Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Balance Cemetery
- Ramsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ramsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ramsey Cemetery
- Wynn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wynn Cemetery
- Spencer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spencer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spencer Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
- Hodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hodge Cemetery
- Fulkerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulkerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulkerson Cemetery
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Creek Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Tennison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tennison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tennison Cemetery
- Tennison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tennison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tennison Cemetery
- Feeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Feeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Feeler Cemetery
- Tennison Cemetery
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.
While we didn't find Gaines Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gaines Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gaines Ford, with the one closest to Gaines Ford listed first.
- Hayden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Vichy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Vienna is located in Maries County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <4>
- Lois
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Franks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Rolla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Rolla is located in Phelps County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <4>
- Dixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Dixon is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <4>
- Dillon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lanes Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Paydown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Safe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lanes Prairie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gaines Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gaines Ford.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Gaines Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Gaines Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gaines Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0600, Longitude: -91.8927 In this case, the coordinates for Gaines Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |