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 Garrettsburg (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 Garrettsburg. 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 hospitals and 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.
Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County: Atchison (KS), Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Garrettsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garrettsburg:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Garrettsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Saxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Agency
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Matney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Willow Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Country Club
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Cosby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Amazonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Savannah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nodaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Fillmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Bolckow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Smithville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Holt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Kearney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Roosterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Gower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Plattsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Turney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Converse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Mabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Clarksdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Osborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amity
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Union Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Fairport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Weatherby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Gentry County
- King City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holt County
- Forbes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Dearborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Camden Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Woodruff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Iatan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sugar Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Tracy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- West Platte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Platte City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Oak Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Atchison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Potter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Elwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Palermo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Wathena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Bendena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Fanning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Severance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Kickapoo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Bain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garrettsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Garrettsburg.
Cemeteries Near Garrettsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garrettsburg.
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 Garrettsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garrettsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Karns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blakely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moxley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Feuquay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bretz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Easton.
- Kessler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frazier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- New Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nelson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Courtney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Garrettsburg had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garrettsburg, with the one closest to Garrettsburg listed first.
- Agency
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Frazier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Stockbridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Matney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Willow Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- San Antonio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Faucett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Gower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hemple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hemple is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemple
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Saint Joseph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halleck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halleck is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garrettsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garrettsburg.
Newspapers Published in Garrettsburg ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garrettsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garrettsburg, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garrettsburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Garrettsburg:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Leavenworth 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 Garrettsburg, 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- Garrettsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |