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 Galt (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 Galt. 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.
Galt is located in Grundy 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 Grundy County: Daviess, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Galt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Galt:
- Grundy County (The home county of Galt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Dunlap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Laredo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Tindall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spickard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Brimson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Jamesport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Lock Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Mount Moriah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Gilman City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cainsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Haseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Browning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Purdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Linneus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Meadville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Laclede
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Forker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- New Boston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Farmersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Chula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wheeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Chillicothe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Utica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Modena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Modena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Mercer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Lucerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lucerne is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Powersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Saint John
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Humphreys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boynton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Owasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Pollock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Green City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Sticklerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Winigan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Greencastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Galt, see our County-by-County Page for Galt.
Cemeteries Near Galt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galt.
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 Galt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Galt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Galt West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tunnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem East Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lindley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boyers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Newlan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McAfee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rural Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Joab Holloway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Galt had a population of 653 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Galt had a population of 241 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Galt, with the one closest to Galt listed first.
- Lindley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lindley is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley
- Humphreys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Dunlap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Laredo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Haseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Wyandotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Alpha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Half Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Half Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Rock
- Reger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reger is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Wintersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Niantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Niantic is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niantic
- Tindall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Galt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Galt.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Galt ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galt.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Galt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Galt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Galt.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Galt.
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 Galt:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Grundy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daviess County
- Harrison County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Mercer County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan 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 Galt, 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' (or 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- Galt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |