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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 Guilford (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 Guilford. 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 hospitals and 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.

Guilford is located in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Page (IA), Taylor (IA), Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt & Worth.

Below are the counties that are near Guilford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Guilford:

  • Nodaway County     (The home county of Guilford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Barnard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
      • Barnard is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnard <2>
    • Conception
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Conception Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conception Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
      • Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Clyde
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
    • Arkoe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ravenwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Maryville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
      • Maryville is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,530 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryville <2>
    • Graham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Orrsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orrsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
      • Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Orrsburg
      • From Guilford to Orrsburg
    • Parnell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parnell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
      • Parnell is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parnell <2>
    • Skidmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickering
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickering have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
      • Pickering is located in Nodaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Gaynor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gaynor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
      • Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gaynor
      • From Guilford to Gaynor
  • Andrew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Bolckow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rea
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rosendale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
      • Rosendale is located in Andrew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosendale <2>
    • Wyeth ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Savannah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Fillmore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rochester ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Helena
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Andrew County
    • Avenue City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avenue City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
      • Avenue City is located in Andrew County
    • Cosby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cosby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
      • Cosby is located in Andrew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Amazonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amazonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
      • Amazonia is located in Andrew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Nodaway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Country Club
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Country Club is located in Andrew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
  • Buchanan County
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Union Star
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
      • Fairport is located in DeKalb County
    • Clarksdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
      • Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Amity
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Rosa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Santa Rosa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
      • Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Santa Rosa
      • From Guilford to Santa Rosa
  • Gentry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Island City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
      • Island City is located in Gentry County
    • Stanberry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanberry
      • Stanberry is located in Gentry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanberry <2>
    • Alanthus Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • King City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
      • King City is located in Gentry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King City <2>
    • Ford City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
      • Ford City is located in Gentry County
    • Darlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
      • Darlington is located in Gentry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Gentryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Gentry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Albany
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • McFall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lone Star
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lone Star. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Lone Star is located in Gentry County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lone Star
      • From Guilford to Lone Star
    • Siloam Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison County
  • Holt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Maitland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maitland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
      • Maitland is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • New Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oregon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oregon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
      • Oregon is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oregon <2>
    • Forbes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forbes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
      • Forbes is located in Holt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Forbes
      • From Guilford to Forbes
    • Mound City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <2>
    • Bigelow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bigelow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
      • Bigelow is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Oxford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Worth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sheridan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Prohibition City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prohibition City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
      • Prohibition City is located in Worth County
    • Denver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grant City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor County (IA)
    • Athelstan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athelstan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
      • Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
  • Doniphan County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.
    • Elwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Wathena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Blair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Guilford, see our County-by-County Page for Guilford.

Cemeteries Near Guilford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guilford.

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 Guilford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Guilford had a population of 188 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Guilford had a population of 72 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Guilford, with the one closest to Guilford listed first.

  • Cawood ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cawood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
    • Cawood is located in Andrew County
  • Barnard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
    • Barnard is located in Nodaway County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnard <2>
  • Bolckow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Conception
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Whitesville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
    • Whitesville is located in Andrew County
  • Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
    • Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
  • Clyde
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
  • Arkoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedison
    • Bedison is located in Nodaway County
  • Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Douglas is located in Gentry County
  • Island City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Island City is located in Gentry County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rosendale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
      • Rosendale is located in Andrew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosendale <2>
    • Flag Springs ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flag Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
      • Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
    • Stanberry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanberry
      • Stanberry is located in Gentry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanberry <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Guilford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Guilford.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Guilford ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Guilford.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Guilford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Guilford and those printed in the larger area surrounding Guilford.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Guilford.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Guilford:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Guilford. 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 Guilford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Guilford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Guilford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1685, Longitude: -94.7358    









 

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