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 Gilliam (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 Gilliam. 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 and hospitals 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.
Gilliam is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.
Below are the counties that are near Gilliam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gilliam:
- Saline County (The home county of Gilliam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Slater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Saline City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Arrow Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Napton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Nelson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Blue Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Malta Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salt Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rocheport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- De Witt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Wakenda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Bosworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Lewis Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Oil City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Missouri Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Keytesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brunswick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Triplett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Snyder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Blackwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lamine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Windsor Place village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Windsor Place village has also been known as:
- Windsor Place village
- Harriston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harriston is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
- Bellair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Clarks Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Steinmetz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Armstrong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Fayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Sebree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Alma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Longwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Tedieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Houstonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Yates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Clifton Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Higbee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Thomas Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gilliam, see our County-by-County Page for Gilliam.
Cemeteries Near Gilliam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilliam.
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 Gilliam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gilliam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Gilliam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cambridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slater City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Frankfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Horeb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Horeb Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Slater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30331 <2>
- Sappington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Sleyster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pulliam - Hedges - Swisher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Gilliam had a population of 321 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Gilliam had a population of 191 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gilliam, with the one closest to Gilliam listed first.
- Cambridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Slater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Orearville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orearville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orearville
- New Frankfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Frankfort is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
- West Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Hardeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hardeman is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeman
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Arrow Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Fairville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gilliam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilliam.
Newspapers Published in Gilliam ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilliam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilliam, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gilliam.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Gilliam:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Lafayette County
- Pettis County
- Randolph 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 Gilliam, 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- Gilliam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |