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 Grantsville (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 Grantsville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Grantsville is located in Linn County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Linn County: Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Livingston, Macon & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Grantsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grantsville:
- Linn County (The home county of Grantsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Purdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Browning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Linneus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Brookfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,178 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <2>
- Laclede
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Laclede is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <2>
- Haseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - New Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Meadville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Forker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Bucklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Marceline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marceline
- Marceline is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marceline <2>
- Fountain Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fountain Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Yarrow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Novinger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- Hale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Hale
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Rothville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Sumner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Sumner is located in Chariton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <2>
- Mendon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Snyder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Laredo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Galt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Galt is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <2>
- Dunlap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
- Hickory Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hickory Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Tindall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Wheeling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Chula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Chula is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <2>
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Farmersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Chillicothe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Chillicothe is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,915 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chillicothe <2>
- Avalon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Hart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Goldsberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goldsberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Lingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Ethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Ethel is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ethel <2>
- New Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
- New Cambria is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cambria <2>
- South Gifford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Elmer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Barnesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Callao
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callao
- Callao is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Callao <2>
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Winigan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Owasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Humphreys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Milan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <2>
- Sticklerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Osgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Boynton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Green City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <2>
- Harris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <2>
- Pollock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Pennville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grantsville, see our County-by-County Page for Grantsville.
Cemeteries Near Grantsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grantsville.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grantsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Grantsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grantsville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grantsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dryden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dryden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dryden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gooch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gooch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gooch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Southerland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southerland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southerland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Purdin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Purdin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974850 <4>
- Jenkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pulliam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pulliam Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pulliam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Garden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Garden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Knifong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knifong Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knifong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prather Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prather Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prather Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dry Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Hoover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoover Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baugher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baugher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baugher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hoover Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Grantsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grantsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
- Leverton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Purdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Linneus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Browning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Hybrid ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- North Salem is located in Linn County
- Laclede
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Laclede is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <2>
- Brookfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,178 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <2>
- Saint Catharine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine
- Saint Catharine is located in Linn County
- Sedgwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Cora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Haseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Eversonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eversonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversonville
- Eversonville is located in Livingston County
- New Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Haseville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grantsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grantsville.
Newspapers Published in Grantsville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grantsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grantsville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grantsville.
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 Grantsville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Linn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carroll County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chariton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grundy County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Livingston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Macon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Linn County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Linn County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grantsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Grantsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Grantsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9431, Longitude: -93.1135 In this case, the coordinates for Grantsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |