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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Harmony. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Harmony to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harmony, please Contact Us.
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 Harmony (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 Harmony. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Harmony is historic, it would have been located within present day Livingston 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 Livingston County: Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy & Linn.
Below are the counties that are near Harmony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harmony:
- Livingston County (The home county of Harmony)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Chula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Farmersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Chillicothe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Avalon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Dawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Ludlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Breckenridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Proctorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Nettleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Braymer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Hale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Asper ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Tina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Bosworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Sumner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rothville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Snyder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Triplett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Lock Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Jamesport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bancroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Gallatin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Laredo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Dunlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Galt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Trenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tindall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Brimson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Spickard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- Gilman City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Haseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Meadville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Linneus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Purdin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Fountain Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Browning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Laclede
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marceline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bucklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- New Boston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Macon County
- Hart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Humphreys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Osgood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Winigan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Harris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boynton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harmony, see our County-by-County Page for Harmony.
Cemeteries Near Harmony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony.
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 Harmony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harmony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Wallace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ricket Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Van Horne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Van Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alpha Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plainview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Botts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- May Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Merryman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Stucker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Harmony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harmony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Eversonville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eversonville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversonville
- Alpha
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Niantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Niantic is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niantic
- Chula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sturges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sturges is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturges
- Wheeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Laredo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Cream Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Meadville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Haseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Farmersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Linneus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
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- Chillicothe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norville
- Purdin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harmony.
Newspapers Published in Harmony ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harmony.
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 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 Harmony:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Daviess County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Linn County
- Macon County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Harmony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |