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 Haynesville (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 Haynesville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Haynesville is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, DeKalb, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Haynesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haynesville:
- Clinton County (The home county of Haynesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Converse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lathrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lilly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Starfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Faucett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Polo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Cowgill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Kidder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Hamilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braymer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Carroll County
- Stet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Holt
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Excelsior Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mosby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Chandler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roosterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Missouri City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Glenaire
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Mabel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Osborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Atherton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- River Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Sibley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cement City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Buckner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Adams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Kansas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Blue Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Edgerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Camden Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Houston Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Northmoor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Platte Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Dearborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Platte City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parkville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Lawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Excelsior Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Crystal Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Knoxville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Kansas City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haynesville, see our County-by-County Page for Haynesville.
Cemeteries Near Haynesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haynesville.
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 Haynesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haynesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Converse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muddy Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lathrop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crowley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Haynesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haynesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haynesville, with the one closest to Haynesville listed first.
- Holt
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Converse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lathrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lilly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Excelsior Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Vibbard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chandler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Sandals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Scearces
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scearces is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scearces
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haynesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haynesville.
Newspapers Published in Haynesville ...
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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haynesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haynesville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haynesville.
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 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 Haynesville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Clay County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haynesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Haynesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |