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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grangeville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grangeville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grangeville, 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 Grangeville (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 Grangeville. 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 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 Grangeville is historic, it would have been located within present day Newton 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 Newton County: Cherokee (KS), Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald & Ottawa (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Grangeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grangeville:
- Newton County (The home county of Grangeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Fairview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newtonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Ritchey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Granby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Talmage City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Granby City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Neosho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <2>
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Pioneer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Wheaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgley is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
- Purdy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Butterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Monett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exeter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Star City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Cassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Thompsons Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Washburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seligman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Seligman is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Motley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Sarcoxie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Parshley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Reeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- La Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Fidelity
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Duenweg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Forest Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Rex City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duquesne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- East Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Pierce City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Freistatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Stotts City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Hoberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Heatonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Rocky Comfort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Powell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Wylie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Goodman
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pineville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lanagan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- May
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Ginger Blue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Noel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Crane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bradfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Gateway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clantonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pea Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bella Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brightwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Avoca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Little Flock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Lost Bridge Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Hiwasse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwasse is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
- Bentonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Puckett is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grangeville, see our County-by-County Page for Grangeville.
Cemeteries Near Grangeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grangeville.
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 Grangeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grangeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Muncie Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rocky Comfort Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Comfort Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Rocky Comfort.
- The Rocky Comfort Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prosperity Southern Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960026 <3>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robertson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roseberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stinett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eugene Gates Cemetery
- The Eugene Gates Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene Gates Cemetery
- The Eugene Gates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elijah Waltrip Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179818 <3>
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.
Grangeville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
- Pioneer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Rocky Comfort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Corsicana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Corsicana is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsicana
- Stella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wanda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Purdy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newtonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Butterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Bethpage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Exeter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ritchey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Christopher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Christopher is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grangeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grangeville.
Newspapers Published in Grangeville ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grangeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grangeville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grangeville.
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 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 Grangeville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- McDonald County
- Stone County
- Benton County
- Carroll 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 Grangeville, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grangeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |