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 Helena (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 Helena. 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 hospitals and 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.
Helena is located in Andrew 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 Andrew County: Doniphan (KS), Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Helena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Helena:
- Andrew County (The home county of Helena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cosby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Country Club
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Rea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Bolckow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Nodaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Fillmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell County
- Kidder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Starfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Cameron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Mabel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Pattonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Union Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Clarksdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Winslow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Stewartsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Osborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- King City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Ford City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gentryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- McFall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Alanthus Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Forbes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- New Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Oregon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Maitland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conception
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Arkoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Graham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Ravenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Dearborn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Elwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Fanning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Doniphan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Moray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Bendena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Helena, see our County-by-County Page for Helena.
Cemeteries Near Helena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helena.
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 Helena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Helena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ogle Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Bedford Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flag Springs Cumberland Presbyterian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vanschoiack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Helena had a population of 31 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cosby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- Union Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Orchid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orchid is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
- Flag Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Clarksdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- San Antonio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Whitesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Stockbridge ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Helena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Helena.
Newspapers Published in Helena ...
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 250 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helena, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Helena.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Helena:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Andrew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Doniphan 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Helena) 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 Helena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |