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 Harrelson (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 Harrelson. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Harrelson is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Johnson (KS), Miami (KS), Bates, Henry, Jackson & Johnson.
Below are the counties that are near Harrelson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harrelson:
- Cass County (The home county of Harrelson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Raymore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Belton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peculiar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Loch Lloyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Lake Annette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Lake Winnebago
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Line is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Lee's Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Drexel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burdett
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burdett is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Merwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Merwin is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Adrian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amsterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Avondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- North Kansas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Birmingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- East Kansas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Minaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Woodhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Claycomo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Gladstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakview is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Oakwood Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Belvidere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- New Santa Fe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Holmes Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Unity Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Indian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Little Blue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Raytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cockrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
- Lake Lotawana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Jack
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Kingsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- La Tour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Tour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
- Latour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Holden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Quick City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quick City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Bates City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Northmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Overland Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leawood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Mission Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Lenexa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Countryside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mission
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Olathe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olathe is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <1>
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Loring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Linn County (KS)
- Linn Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Wea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Louisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Chiles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chiles is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Block
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Block is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- New Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Paola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jingo is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Fontana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Argentine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Kansas City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grinter Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Edwardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonner Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harrelson, see our County-by-County Page for Harrelson.
Cemeteries Near Harrelson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrelson.
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 Harrelson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harrelson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Raymore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frazee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peculiar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornith Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cornith Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Cleveland.
- Cleveland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Glenwild Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aubry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harrelson had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harrelson, with the one closest to Harrelson listed first.
- Raymore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peculiar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Jaudon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jaudon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaudon
- Belvidere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ore is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
- Kenneth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kenneth is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- West Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Line is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 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 Harrelson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrelson.
Newspapers Published in Harrelson ...
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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrelson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrelson, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrelson.
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 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 Harrelson:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bates County
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Wyandotte 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harrelson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Harrelson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |