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 Hecla (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 Hecla. 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 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.
Hecla is located in Linn 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 Linn County: Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Livingston, Macon & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Hecla. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hecla:
- Linn County (The home county of Hecla)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Haseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Purdin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Linneus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Browning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Meadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Laclede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Laclede is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <3>
- Fountain Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fountain Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,178 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <3>
- Forker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - New Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Bucklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Marceline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marceline
- Marceline is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marceline <3>
- Adair County
- Caldwell County
- Breckenridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Breckenridge
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Hale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Tina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Sumner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Sumner is located in Chariton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <3>
- Rothville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Snyder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Lock Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Jamesport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamesport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesport
- Jamesport is located in Daviess County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamesport <3>
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Laredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Galt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Galt is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <3>
- Dunlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Trenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <3>
- Hickory Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hickory Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Tindall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Spickard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spickard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spickard
- Spickard is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spickard <3>
- Brimson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Chula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Chula is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <3>
- Wheeling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Farmersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Chillicothe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Chillicothe is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,915 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chillicothe <3>
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Avalon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Dawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Dawn is located in Livingston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <3>
- Mooresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooresville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Ludlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Hart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Goldsberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goldsberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Lingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Ethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Ethel is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ethel <3>
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Humphreys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Osgood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- 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 <3>
- Winigan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Owasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- 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 <3>
- Boynton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Sticklerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Green City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Newtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- 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 <3>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hecla, see our County-by-County Page for Hecla.
Cemeteries Near Hecla ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hecla.
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 Hecla covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Parsons Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parsons Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parsons Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Van Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Home Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Van Horne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Horne Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Horne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dryden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dryden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dryden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hooker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hooker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hooker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Alpha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alpha Cemetery
- Haseville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haseville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haseville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wallace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ricket Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ricket Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ricket Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Botts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Botts Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Botts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Purdin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Purdin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974850 <4>
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Southerland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southerland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southerland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dry Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Calhoun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calhoun Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calhoun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Southerland 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.<5>
While we didn't find Hecla in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hecla.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hecla, with the one closest to Hecla listed first.
- Eversonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eversonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversonville
- Eversonville is located in Livingston County
- Haseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Alpha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Linneus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Purdin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Niantic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Browning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Laredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Chula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Chula is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <3>
- Meadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Lindley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Sturges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wheeling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Laclede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Laclede is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <3>
- Humphreys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Wheeling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hecla. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hecla.
Newspapers Published in Hecla ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hecla.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hecla, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hecla.
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 Hecla:
- 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 Linn 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
- Caldwell County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carroll County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chariton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Daviess County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grundy County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Livingston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Macon 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
- Adair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Linn County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Linn County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hecla. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hecla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Hecla) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hecla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9397, Longitude: -93.3041 In this case, the coordinates for Hecla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |