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 Grays Point (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 Grays Point. 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 Grays Point ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Grays Point: Grays Pt.
- While the name of this community is Grays Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Point may originally have been Gray's Point.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Point might be written as Gray Point.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grays Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grays Point.
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 southeast 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 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.
Grays Point is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Newton & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Grays Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Point:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Grays Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Red Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Miller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stotts City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Heatonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Stinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Freistatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Halltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pierce City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Monett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Pioneer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Purdy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Golden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Kenoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Bushnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lamar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Oakton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Irwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Umber View Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Billings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Everton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Arcola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Corry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Dadeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Ash Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bois D'Arc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookline Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- La Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Avilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Reeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Forest Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Sarcoxie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Motley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Parshley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Carthage
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Fidelity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Brooklyn Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Talmage City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Wentworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Ritchey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Diamond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Granby City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Granby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Eudora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Graydon Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Stone County
- Bradfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grays Point, see our County-by-County Page for Grays Point.
Cemeteries Near Grays Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays Point.
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 Grays Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grays Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Grays Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCune Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stemons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Langston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gillock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hodges Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Grays Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grays Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grays Point, with the one closest to Grays Point listed first.
- Red Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Phelps
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Phelps is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Kings Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Meinert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meinert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinert
- Bowers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers Mill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Mill
- Miller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dudenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dudenville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudenville
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Avilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Golden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Reeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grays Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grays Point.
Newspapers Published in Grays Point ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Point.
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 websites either 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 Grays Point:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Cedar County
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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- Grays Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Grays Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |