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 Hartford (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 Hartford. 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.
Hartford is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Appanoose (IA), Wayne (IA), Adair, Mercer, Schuyler & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Hartford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartford:
- Putnam County (The home county of Hartford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Pearl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Pearl City is located in Putnam County
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <2>
- Lucerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Powersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Novinger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Kirksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Kirksville is located in Adair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirksville <2>
- Nind ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Yarrow ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Millard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Julesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Coatsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
- Coatsville is located in Schuyler County
- Glenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Queen City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Lancaster is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <2>
- Greentop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentop
- Greentop is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greentop <2>
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Downing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Pennville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Greencastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <2>
- Green City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Pollock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Boynton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Milan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <2>
- Newtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Newtown is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <2>
- Winigan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Harris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <2>
- Appanoose County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Coal City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Exline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Cincinnati
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Numa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Numa is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Moulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <2>
- Sunshine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Orleans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Brazil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Brazil is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Clarkdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Mystic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Davis County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- West Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- West Grove is located in Davis County (IA)
- Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris is located in Davis County (IA)
- Stiles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Davis County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <2>
- Drakesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesville
- Drakesville is located in Davis County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drakesville <2>
- Wayne County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <2>
- Promise City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promise City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
- Promise City is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartford, see our County-by-County Page for Hartford.
Newspapers Published in Hartford ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartford, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hartford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Schuyler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Appanoose County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Davis County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Putnam County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Cemeteries Near Hartford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartford.
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 Hartford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Bunker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Cemetery
- McCune Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCune Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCune Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
- Anders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anders Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Cemetery
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summers Cemetery
- Shipley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shipley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shipley Cemetery
- Ledford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ledford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ledford Cemetery
- Bland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bland Cemetery
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
- Hogg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hogg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hogg Cemetery
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Pherigo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pherigo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pherigo Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young Cemetery
- Hurley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurley Cemetery
- Pherigo Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hartford had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Putnam County
- Glendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Elko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Omaha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Martinstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Martinstown is located in Putnam County
- Mendota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Chariton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Howland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Sidney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <2>
- Pennville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Shibleys Point ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shibleys Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shibleys Point
- Shibleys Point is located in Adair County
- Lemons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Stahl ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shibleys Point ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartford.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hartford. 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> | 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- Hartford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hartford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4697, Longitude: -92.8358 In this case, the coordinates for Hartford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hartford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |