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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 Gallatin (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 Gallatin. 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 hospitals 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.

Gallatin is located in Daviess County and is the County Seat.

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 Daviess County: Caldwell, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison & Livingston.

Below are the counties that are near Gallatin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gallatin:

  • Daviess County     (The home county of Gallatin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Jameson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Altamont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Altamont is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Jamesport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lock Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Alta Vista ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Coffey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Coffey is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Pattonsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mabel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bancroft
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Caldwell County
  • Carroll County
    • Latoh ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Latoh is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Cameron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Keystone ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Turney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • DeKalb County
  • Gentry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • McFall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ford City is located in Gentry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
    • Albany
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Darlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Darlington is located in Gentry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Hickory Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Brimson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brimson is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Trenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tindall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Laredo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Laredo is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Dunlap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spickard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Gilman City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bethany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Gardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • New Hampton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Moriah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Mooresville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mooresville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Utica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Utica is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Farmersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ludlow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chillicothe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dawn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Chula is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <1>
  • Mercer County
  • Ray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.
    • Elmira
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Elmira is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Georgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gallatin, see our County-by-County Page for Gallatin.

Cemeteries Near Gallatin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gallatin.

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 Gallatin - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gallatin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gallatin had a population of 1,489 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Gallatin had a population of 1,761 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Gallatin, with the one closest to Gallatin listed first.

  • Wabash Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wabash Crossing is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash Crossing
  • Altamont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Altamont is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Jameson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Carlow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Carlow is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlow
  • Winston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jamesport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Civil Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Civil Bend is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend
  • Lock Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Kidder
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Nettleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Alta Vista ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gallatin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gallatin.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gallatin ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gallatin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gallatin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gallatin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gallatin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Gallatin.

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 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 Gallatin:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gallatin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gallatin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.