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 Gretna (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 Gretna. 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.
Gretna is located in Taney 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 Taney County: Boone (AR), Carroll (AR), Marion (AR), Christian, Douglas, Ozark & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Gretna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gretna:
- Taney County (The home county of Gretna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Branson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hollister
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Table Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Bull Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merriam Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Rockaway Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Melva ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Forsyth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Powersite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oasis is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Day
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Shell Knob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Hill City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Scholten
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Golden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Jenkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Leann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Chain-O-Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Chestnutridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Spokane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Highlandville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Garrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Chadwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Ozark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oldfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sparta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nixa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Fremont Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Douglas County
- Rome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Ozark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Ocie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Longrun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Longrun is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrun
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Indian Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Branson West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coney Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Kimberling City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marmaros
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Blue Eye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lampe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Fair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCord Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Omaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Myrtle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Diamond City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alpena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lead Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bergman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Lead Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Batavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Batavia is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Blue Eye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Polo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Urbanette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Green Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Berryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Conway County (AR)
- Grandview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Marion County (AR)
- Monarch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gretna, see our County-by-County Page for Gretna.
Cemeteries Near Gretna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gretna.
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 Gretna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gretna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Gretna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lewallen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Logan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ellison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branson City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whorton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozarks Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goodall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gobbler Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Renshaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Snowden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vanzandt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Shade Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Gretna in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gretna.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gretna, with the one closest to Gretna listed first.
- Branson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Radical
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Radical is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radical
- Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Forsyth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marmaros
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Mincy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mincy is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mincy
- Day
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Blue Eye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kissee Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Eaudevie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eaudevie is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaudevie
- Baxter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Omaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gretna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gretna.
Newspapers Published in Gretna ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gretna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gretna, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gretna.
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 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 Gretna:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Taney County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Douglas County
- Ozark County
- Stone County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Marion 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> | 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 Gretna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gretna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |