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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grand River City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grand River City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grand River City, 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 Grand River City (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 Grand River City. 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 Grand River City ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grand River City: Grand Riv. City
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Grand River City is historic, it would have been located within present day Chariton 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 Chariton County: Carroll, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Grand River City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand River City:
- Chariton County (The home county of Grand River City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Missouri Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Brunswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Keytesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Triplett
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Mendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Salisbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lewis Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- De Witt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Bosworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Wakenda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Hale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Tina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Carrollton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bogard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Asper ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Palemon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Mandeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Cooper County
- Blackwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Steinmetz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Lisbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Armstrong
(22 miles [35.4 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Hodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Forker
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Marceline
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fountain Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Brookfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Laclede
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bucklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Meadville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Avalon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Kaseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Lingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Clifton Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Thomas Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Yates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Darksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Miami
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gilliam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Fairville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- West Glasgow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Saline City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Marshall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Malta Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Pass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Arrow Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Napton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand River City, see our County-by-County Page for Grand River City.
Cemeteries Near Grand River City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand River City.
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 Grand River City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand River City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Brunswick City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elliott Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sleyster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allega Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- High Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Henning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairle Dell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dewitt Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Frankfort Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Shulte Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Miami Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keytesville City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Grand River City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand River City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand River City, with the one closest to Grand River City listed first.
- Brunswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- De Witt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- New Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Frankfort is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
- Miami
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newcomer is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Keytesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Grove is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Grove
- Triplett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Slater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gilliam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Fairville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand River City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand River City.
Newspapers Published in Grand River City ...
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 185 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand River City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand River City, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand River City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grand River City:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Chariton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Lafayette County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Macon County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Grand River City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grand River City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |