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 Harlow Ford (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 Harlow Ford. 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 Harlow Ford ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Harlow Ford: Harlow Frd.
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 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.
Harlow Ford is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Harlow Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harlow Ford:
- Texas County (The home county of Harlow Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Hattie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hattie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
- Summersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eunice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Yukon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yukon is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Elk Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Solo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Sargent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sargent is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Raymondville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Simmons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Houston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cabool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Carter County
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Dent County
- Jadwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Howell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peace Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peace Valley is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
- Willow Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Burnham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnham is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Pomona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- West Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chapin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chapin is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Siloam Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam Springs is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Brandsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brandsville is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Cottbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cottbus is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottbus
- Oregon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Thomasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomasville is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Woodside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Shannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Montier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montier is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
- Birch Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alley is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
- Eminence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Winona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Round Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Akers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harlow Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Harlow Ford.
Cemeteries Near Harlow Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harlow Ford.
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 Harlow Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harlow Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Harlow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newsalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsalem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newsalem Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mountain View.
- The Newsalem Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30500 <3>
- New Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (124 more) ...
- Duncan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Harlow Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harlow Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harlow Ford, with the one closest to Harlow Ford listed first.
- Oakside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakside is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakside
- Hattie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hattie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Montier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montier is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
- Hutton Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hutton Valley is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton Valley
- Eunice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Birch Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peace Valley is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Hartshorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Not
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Not is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Not
- Varvol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Varvol is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varvol
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harlow Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harlow Ford.
Newspapers Published in Harlow Ford ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harlow Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harlow Ford, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harlow Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Harlow Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Texas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Dent County
- Howell County
- Oregon County
- Shannon 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harlow Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Harlow Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |